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March 25, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $2.1 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), in partnership with California State University, Fresno (Fresno State), for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce training with a focus on environmental management.
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March 6, 2024
LAS VEGAS – Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) visited Desert Oasis High School as part of their Women in Leadership speaker series during Women’s History Month.
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March 6, 2024
By Sophie Boudreau
Lee’s bill would provide funding for tutoring services, place aspiring educators into tutoring roles, and qualify those educators for college loan forgiveness.
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March 4, 2024
LAS VEGAS – To kickoff Nevada Reading Week, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) joined local teachers, teacher candidates, tutors, and education advocates at Elaine Wynn Elementary School to announce her bipartisan Partnering Aspiring Teachers with High-Need Schools (PATHS) to Tutor Act and call on Congress to deliver the resources and support that students, teachers, and future teachers desperately need.
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January 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and Congressman Anthony D’Esposito (NY-04) introduced the bipartisan Partnering Aspiring Teachers with High-Need Schools (PATHS) to Tutor Act, which would expand access to one-on-one and small group tutoring for students in underserved communities.
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December 1, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) led Congressman David Trone (MD-06) and Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-02) in introducing the bicameral Full-Service Community School Expansion Act to improve student outcomes by helping public schools and districts bring in wraparound support services.
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September 21, 2023
WASHINGTON– Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV), Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Earn to Learn Act. In response to spiking, unsustainable higher education costs, this common-sense legislation would establish a matched-savings program to help low-income students, including adult learners, pay for tuition, books, fees, and other education-related expenses. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate today by Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT).
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April 19, 2023
WASHINGTON– Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-NV) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to introduce the Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers (PACT) Act. This bicameral legislation would put Congress on a fiscally responsible path to meet its obligation to fully fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on a mandatory basis over the next 10 years.
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March 23, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03) and Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) introduced the Pell Grant Sustainability Act to ensure the Pell Grants’ value keeps pace with rising higher education costs by indexing the grants to inflation.
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August 12, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) announced that Nevada State College (NSC) has been awarded a $1 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the college’s “Pursuing Equity to Enhance Retention (PEER)” Project, which aims to address workload disparities among science faculty and address system inequities within the institution’s policies and culture.
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