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Earlier this week the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors awarded $68,300 to 17 Imperial Valley school districts for the 2021-2022 school year through its Special Projects Grant Program.
“We’re pleased to see the Special Projects Grant Program continue to support our communities and our children,” said Jim Hanks, IID Board president. “These grants are such a wonderful investment in helping to keep our school districts whole.”
The Special Projects Grant Program was created by IID in conjunction with the Imperial County Office of Education, allowing the district to make in-lieu payments equal to property taxes on nearly 42,000 acres of farm land the district purchased in 2004.
The recipients of the 2021-2022 IID Special Projects Grant Program are:
- Brawley Elementary School District, $1,000
- Seeley Union School District, $1,000
- Westmorland Union Elementary School District, $1,000
- San Pasqual Valley Unified School District, $1,000
- Meadows Union School District, $1,000
- Heber Elementary School District, $1,000
- El Centro Elementary School District, $1,000
- Central Union High School District, $2,300
- McCabe Elementary School District, $2,700
- Magnolia Union Elementary School District, $1,000
- Calexico Unified School District, $5,900
- Mulberry Elementary School District, $5,200
- Holtville Unified School District, $1,000
- Brawley Union High School District, $6,200
- Imperial Unified School District, $1,000
- Calipatria Unified School District, $33,200
- Imperial County Office of Education, $2,800
The funding grants were made to the school districts based upon the acreage of Western Farms land inventory owned by IID located within the boundaries of the school districts.
