Clemson University officials continue to closely monitor COVID-19 and are actively engaged in daily planning in an effort to inform and reduce the risk to faculty, staff, students and visitors from the virus. For continually updated information, please visit our COVID-19 website.
THIS WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Last week, the South Carolina General Assembly reconvened in Columbia for the purpose of authorizing $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) included in the CARES Act for the reimbursement of South Carolina COVID-19 related expenses.
Governor McMaster recommended that up to $150,000,000 should be used to reimburse state agencies, including institutions of higher education and the South Carolina Technical College System, for expenditures directly related to the coronavirus pandemic and incurred between March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
At the recommendation of Accelerate SC, the state has retained a third-party grant administrator firm, Guidehouse, to review, process, and audit the expenditures of COVID-19 federal relief funds allocated to South Carolina. State agencies, including institutions of higher education, will have to submit an application to be considered for CARES Act funding.
The General Assembly plans to return in September to take up unfinished legislative business including the 2020-2021 appropriations bill and the remaining $668 million of the total amount of $1.9 million in the CARES Act.
NEWS AND FYI
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