Chattooga County’s two school systems will share almost a $1 million in funding that is being distributed by the Georgia Department of Education as part of the Federal government’s CARE legislation due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The announcement came last week that Chattooga County School System will get $820,811 and Trion City Schools will receive $173,557.

“I am pleased that Georgia school districts will receive substantial funding through the CARES Act,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said in a press release. “My Department worked to apply for these funds as soon as they were announced, and we remain committed to getting the funds to districts as quickly as possible, as we know the need is immediate. We will continue to pursue all possible funding avenues to help our school districts through the COVID-19 crisis and the related economic downturn.”

School districts do have some flexibility in how they can use the funds and the funds can be used retroactively going back to March 13, 2020.