South Carolina school districts say they're on track to spend ESSER cash by the September 2024 deadline. File/The Post And Courier

SC school districts on track to meet $3.3B relief funds deadline – what’s next?

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By Hillary Flynn

The Post And Courier

South Carolina school districts are on track to spend all the $3.3 billion in federal relief funds they received by the September 2024 deadline.

The Post and Courier surveyed 26 of the state’s traditional 73 school districts, representing 387,649 students or 52 percent of South Carolina’s total student population. All the school districts said they were on target to spend their federal relief funds by the deadline.

If the districts are not able to do so, the money will be returned to the federal government. The money was a one-time infusion primarily meant to help students with COVID-19-related learning loss.

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