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The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency formally announced the awarding of school health and safety grants that became available in June. Districts and other school entities had to apply for the money, but the state already had announced how much they could get. Luzerne County’s 11 school districts were eligible for nearly $2.9 million.

On Monday the state announced the grant recipients. Along with all 11 Luzerne County districts getting what was promised, another $450,000 is going to the Luzerne Intermediate Unite, Bear Creek Community Charter School, and the county’s three career and technical centers: Hazleton Area, West Side and Wilkes-Barre Area. Each was awarded $90,000.

The commission established the School Safety and Security Committee to handle the the grants, funded through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act. The money is intended to help with implementing the public health and safety plans required by the state for school re-opening during the pandemic this year.

The money each district is receiving:

Crestwood $229,319

Dallas $221,010

Greater Nanticoke Area $212,409

Hanover Area $202,335

Hazleton Area $539,760

Lake-Lehman $193,894

Northwest Area $161,324

Pittston Area $246,803

Wilkes-Barre Area $407,845

Wyoming Area $210,549

Wyoming Valley West $310,878

Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish