New Jersey using new flexibility to use relief money to support school system

Published May 6, 2020 12:00pm ET



New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the U.S Treasury Department has given states more flexibility in the use of funds from the federal CARES Act.

The new guidance frees up $2.4 billion of the money, with about $1 billion of it going to counties. Murphy announced Monday that $467 million will make the next school aid payment.

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