(Columbia, SC) -- South Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with a plan for CARES Act money the state is receiving.
South Carolina will around get one-point-nine-billion dollars from the federal government in response to the pandemic. State senators have unanimously approved a plan for the funding.
Five-hundred million dollars will go to the unemployment insurance trust fund, 220-million to the Department of Education for food programs and summer academic recovery dates, and 50-million dollars going to improving broadband access in the state.
An additional 42-million dollars will go toward statewide COVID-19 testing and monitoring.