GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – Governor Henry McMaster on Monday announced that he was using an allotment of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds to create the Safe Access to Flexible Education grant program.

The governor said SAFE grants will help families suffering from the economic impacts of COVID-19.

Congress set aside approximately $3 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization Fund through the CARES Act for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF). The Department will award these grants ­to States (governor’s offices) based on a formula stipulated in the legislation. (1) 60% on the basis of the State’s relative population of individuals aged 5 through 24. (2) 40% on the basis of the State’s relative number of children counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).

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