Mar 19, 2021, 4:43 PM
(From NPR) The Biden administration is directing $10 billion from the recently passed stimulus package toward increased Covid-19 testing in schools, the White House announced Wednesday. The funding will go out in April and be awarded directly to states. Because the funding will be allocated proportionally, large states such as California and Texas will receive more than $800 million each, the administration said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will provide technical assistance to state and local health departments to set up school testing programs where they don't yet exist.
"We know that school districts want to reopen, but up to this point, many lack the resources to set up COVID screening programs for students, teachers and staff to help keep Covid out of our schools," said Carole Johnson, the White House COVID-19 testing coordinator. "Today that all changes."
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