Alabama’s K-12 schools will be receiving around $170 million in federal coronavirus relief funds from the state’s $1.9 billion share of CARES Act funding to buy $100 million in digital devices and $70 million in health care supports.

According to an announcement by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, that $70 million earmarked for the Education Health & Wellness Grant Program goes directly to school districts and can only be used to pay for the following items:

• Salaries for health care professionals or aides to provide COVID-19 response or care,
• Contracts for COVID-19 testing,
• Temporary facility improvements and supplies for nurses’ work areas for COVID-19 response,
• Creation of isolation areas for symptomatic students,
• Temperature screening equipment
• Modifications to school buses to mitigate or isolate the spread of COVID-19

All districts will receive a minimum of $70,000 in health and wellness grants and additional amounts beyond that will be based on the number of students considered vulnerable.  Schools will also receive $100 million to purchase digital devices and software to facilitate virtual learning with each district receiving a minimum of $100,000, with additional amounts available.

The money must be spent by December 30th according to federal regulations.

For a full listing of the allocation amounts and school-by-school breakdown click below:

Alabama K-12 allocation amounts for digital devices and health grants by Trisha Powell Crain on Scribd

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