Anatomy of COVID Relief State Legislation
Where: North Carolina
How did North Carolina appropriate COVID relief?
- $125 million to expand a low-cost small-business loan fund
- $85 million for five universities for COVID-19 research and treatment
- $95 million to help rural and teaching hospitals
- $50 million to purchase personal protective equipment
- $35 million to purchase computers for students and staff in K-12 public schools
- $75 million to sustain school nutrition programs
- $44 million for online summer school for the University of North Carolina system
- $150 million to local governments
- $25 million to expand virus testing and tracing
WXII | North Carolina legislature unanimously passes $1.6 billion COVID-19 recovery package