(Funds for local school districts)…The funds were awarded this week.

The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors awarded $67,000 to 17 Imperial Valley School Districts at their meeting this week for 2020-2021 through its Special Projects Grant Program. IID acquired nearly 42,000 acres of Western Farms land in 2004 and subsequently developed the Special Projects Grant Program, in conjunction with the Imperial County Office of Education, allowing the district to make in-lieu payments to the property taxes that would have been paid by a non-public entity owner. The funding grants were made to the school districts based on the acreage of Western Farms land inventory owned by IID located within the Boundaries of the school districts.