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Luzerne County school districts will get a total of more than $130 million in coronavirus relief funding from the American Rescue Plan, according to a preliminary estimate from U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic.

Hazleton Area School District is getting the most with more than $37 million, and Wilkes-Barre Area is next with more than $32 million. The state Department of Education is slated to receive $5 billion to distribute to school districts and will make the final determination of amounts sent, Cartwright said.

The legislation signed into law Thursday by President Joe Biden allocates a total of $1.9 trillion. Cartwright said “a core pillar of the American Rescue Plan is to provide the resources necessary to help more schools reopen safely, keep them open safely and make up for time lost out of the classroom.”

The Congressional Research Service estimated the allocations to school districts. The estimated allocations to Luzerne County school districts are as follows:

• Berwick Area: $6,851,000
• Crestwood: $3,056,000
• Dallas: $3,487,000
• Greater Nanticoke Area: $7,177,000
• Hanover Area: $7,485,000
• Hazleton Area: $37,064,000
• Lake-Lehman: $2,273,000
• Northwest Area: $1,855,000
• Pittston Area: $7,052,000
• Wilkes-Barre Area: $32,707,000

Wyoming Area: $5,254,000

• Wyoming Valley West: $16,173,000

School districts in Luzerne County and the Bear Creek Community Charter School got allocations that totaled $61.7 million from coronavirus relief funding approved by Congress in December.