Education Fact Check: COVID Relief Funding

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How does Governor McMaster’s $32 million SAFE Grants program compare to other education related COVID relief funding?

GOVERNOR’S EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF (GEER) FUND

Total: $48.4 million

  • From the CARES Act, flowed through the South Carolina Department of Administration

SAFE Grants: $32 million 

Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): $2.4 million

TOTAL COVID RELIEF FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL

Total: $543.1 million  

Academic Recovery Camps, Five days of Academic Instruction, and Food Service: $222.7 million 

  • Allocated via H5202 as part of the $1.9 Billion Coronavirus Relief Fund

Elementary & Secondary School Relief Fund: $216.3 million 

  • From the CARES Act, flowed through SC Dept. of Education

Child Nutrition Programs: $54.1 million 

  • From the CARES Act, flowed through SC Dept. of Education

Broadband mapping and planning, infrastructure, and mobile hotspots: $50 million 

  • Allocated via H5202 as part of the $1.9 Billion Coronavirus Relief Fund