Biden administration commits $10B to school testing efforts to encourage reopening

Published March 17, 2021 7:25pm ET



The Biden administration is putting $10 billion in funds allocated by the American Rescue Plan toward COVID-19 testing to help schools reopen.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will provide the money to states to support the screening of teachers, other staff, and students to return more schools to in-person instruction, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.

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