House Minority Leader Tony McCombie is proudly announcing a number of school libraries in her district that are recipeints of a state grant program.
The grants, awarded once every fiscal year, are dedicated to school library services for 1.2 million
students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade throughout the state. The grants can be helpful to libraries in providing library books, e-books, audiobooks, periodicals, multilingual materials,
technology and more.
For McCombie, over 20 school libraries in her 89th District will be receiving a state grant. Those school include the following:
| Byron CUSD 226 |
| East Dubuque CUSD 119 |
| Galena Unit School District 120 |
| Genoa-Kingston CUSD 424 |
| River Ridge CUSD 210 |
| Kings Consolidated School District 144 |
| Hiawatha CUSD 426 |
| Eastland CUSD 308 |
| Lena-Winslow CUSD 202 |
| Eswood CCSD 269 |
| Chadwick-Milledgeville CUSD 399 |
| West Carroll CUSD 314 |
| Orangeville School District 203 |
| Oregon Community Unit School District 220 |
| Pearl City CUSD 200 |
| Pecatonica School District 321 |
| Scales Mound CUSD 211 |
| Meridian CUSD 223 |
| Warren CUSD 205 |
| Winnebago CUSD 323 |
“These grants are extremely helpful in getting resources directly into our schools and in the hands of students,” said McCombie. “In order to promote greater learning, it requires the best resources available which these grants will help deliver.”
Leader McCombie is no stranger to schools in her district; she has visited dozens this year as part of the Illinois Principal Association’s “Principal for the Day program and in an effort to support schools across her region. In her time visiting schools, she has enjoyed reading to students, talking about government, and seeing what resources each school offers. Today’s announcement of the state grants will only bolster those learning environments–a great benefit to students in the 89th district and across Illinois!
