Manhattan D114 To Receive $1M In Grant Money: Senator Joyce

MANHATTAN, IL — Manhattan School District 114 is one of nearly two dozen school districts within the same legislative district selected to receive grant money to offset financial challenges of recent years, State Sen. Patrick Joyce said Monday.

The funding comes from the 2017 Illinois Senate Democrat-backed evidence-based funding formula—an overhaul of the way the state funds K-12 education, according to the release. Joyce announced that 20 school districts across the 40th District will receive over $11 million in funding.

Manhattan District 114 will receive $1,012,469.

"Evidence-based funding continues to show our state’s testament to provide quality education to our students,”"said Joyce (D-Essex). "This funding helps provide schools with the best resources possible to ensure we are giving all students a chance to succeed."

The Evidence-Based Funding for Student Success Act, or Public Act 100-0465, law made school funding more equitable by calculating the needs of individual school districts and basing its state revenue on those needs, according to the Illinois State Board of Education website. The formula takes into account a district’s total enrollment, poverty rate and number of special education or English language learners, among other factors.

The grant program combines five previous ones: General State Aid, Special Education – Personnel, Special Education – Funding for Children Requiring Special Education Services, Special Education – Summer School, and English Learner Education.

The Fiscal Year 2025 budget invested $350 million in new funding into students’ success through the evidence-based funding model.

School districts set to receive funds include:

• Alternative School (Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education) - $15,996
• Bloom Township High School District 206 - $1,856,896
• Bourbonnais School District 53 - $733,179
• Braceville School District 75 - $40,454
• Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307 - $667,024
• Bradley School District 61 - $95,176
• Chicago Heights School District 170 - $501,884
• Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U - $2,045,967
• Flossmoor School District 161 - $255,029
• Herscher Community Unit School District 2 - $1,409
• Kankakee School District 111 - $1,703,404
• Manhattan School District 114 - $1,012,469
• Park Forest School District 163 - $97,501
• Reed-Custer Community Unit School District 255-U - $1,260
• Region 07 South Cook Intermediate Service Center 4 - $798,213
• Safe School - Intermediate Service Center - $159,717
• Safe School (Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education) - $36,835
• South Wilmington Consolidated School District 74 - $2,074
• Steger School District 194 - $715,733
• Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U - $277,191

For more information on the FY 25 evidence-based funding distribution, visit the Illinois State Board of Education’s website