IACA Announces FY14 Arts & Foreign Language Grant Recipients
Arts and Foreign Language Assistance Grants Program
Fiscal Year 2014 Recipients
The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA), in cooperation with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to 21 school districts across the state for arts and foreign language education. A joint project of the IACA and ISBE, the Arts and Foreign Language Assistance Grants Program (AFL) is designed to assist public schools with the development, maintenance, or enhancement of curricular programs in the arts or foreign language.
AFL was established in 2006 by section 2-3.65 of the school code (105 ILSC 5/2-3.65). It enables the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the Illinois State Board of Education to provide grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of supporting arts and foreign language education in schools, with an emphasis on ensuring that these areas become part of the school’s core curriculum. Funding is available in each discipline for up to four years, with one year of planning and three years of implementation.
Planning Grants
The one-year planning grant is to develop district-based plans for initiating, strengthening, or expanding instruction in the arts or foreign language. Funding recommendations were made by a panel of practitioners familiar with arts and foreign language programming from across the state and region. Fourteen districts are receiving planning grants totaling $272,335.
|
District |
City |
Discipline |
Amount |
|
Bushnell-Prairie City CU School Dist 170 |
Bushnell |
Arts |
$15,600 |
|
Carbondale Elem School Dist 95 |
Carbondale |
Foreign Language |
$25,000 |
|
Champaign CU School Dist 4 |
Champaign |
Arts |
$22,240 |
|
East Richland CU District 1 |
Olney |
Arts |
$14,500 |
|
East St Louis School Dist 189 |
East St Louis |
Foreign Language |
$25,000 |
|
Elmhurst CU School District 205 |
Elmhurst |
Arts |
$24,760 |
|
Hillsboro CU School Dist 3 |
Hillsboro |
Arts |
$7,550 |
|
Lincoln-Way Comm High School Dist 210 |
New Lenox |
Foreign Language |
$20,985 |
|
Matteson Elem School Dist 159 |
Matteson |
Foreign Language |
$19,915 |
|
Namaste Charter School |
Chicago |
Arts |
$24,200 |
|
Oak Lawn Comm High Dist 218 |
Oak Lawn |
Foreign Language |
$25,000 |
|
Park Forest-Chicago Hts Dist 163 |
Park Forest |
Arts |
$25,000 |
|
Scott Co CU School Dist 1 |
Winchester |
Arts |
$7,250 |
|
St Charles CU School Dist 303 |
St Charles |
Foreign Language |
$15,335 |
Implementation Grants
The three-year implementation grant is to introduce, strengthen, or expand instruction in the arts or foreign language and to develop means of perpetuating the funded program with local resources after the conclusion of the grant period. Seven districts are receiving $233,389 for their final year of implementation.
|
District |
City |
Discipline |
Amount |
|
Cook Co School District 130 |
Blue Island |
Arts |
$34,000 |
|
Schaumburg CC School Dist 54 |
Schaumburg |
Foreign Language |
$37,500 |
|
Sesser-Valier CU School Dist 196 |
Sesser |
Foreign Language |
$35,303 |
|
Ina CC School District 8 |
Ina |
Arts |
$37,500 |
|
Lake Forest School Dist 67 |
Lake Forest |
Foreign Language |
$37,394 |
|
Community High School Dist 117 |
Lake Villa |
Arts |
$26,092 |
|
Fremont School District 79 |
Mundelein |
Arts |
$25,600 |
For more information, contact Jerome Grand, Program Consultant, at jerome.grand@illinois.gov or (312) 814-6766.