Rep. Susie Lee Announces More Than $200 Million for Nevada Colleges, Universities, and Students

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Susie Lee announced more than $200 million in emergency funding for colleges, universities, and students in Nevada under the American Rescue Plan. Of this $200 million, more than $9 million will go to Nevada State College, which is in Nevada's Third District, and more than $59 million will go to College of Southern Nevada, which has a campus in Henderson in Nevada's Third District.

The funding will help local institutions cope with the severe financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and continue serving their students safely. At least half of the funding each institution receives will be distributed in the form of emergency cash assistance grants to students who are facing hunger, homelessness, and other hardship.

The American Rescue Plan provides $36 billion for nearly 3,500 public and private, nonprofit colleges and universities nationwide.

"To recover from this pandemic, we must invest in our students," said Rep. Susie Lee. "The success of our local colleges and universities is critical to the success of our students and to the strength of this community. The American Rescue Plan will provide struggling students with urgent relief that will keep them in school, and help them to stay on track and complete their education. I am proud that we were able to deliver this critical support for our institutions of higher education, and I know that this funding will go a long way in helping our community rebuild stronger than ever."

The colleges and universities in Nevada receiving funding under the American Rescue Plan are:

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: $68,098,713

University of Nevada, Reno: $39,720,523

Great Basin College: $2,098,305

Sierra Nevada College: $1,516,778

College of Southern Nevada: $59,400,717

Western Nevada College: $4,882,907

Truckee Meadows Community College: $13,446,075

Roseman University of Health Sciences: $ 2,318,356

Nevada State College: $9,557,903

Wongu University of Oriental Medicine: $40,739

Students should contact their institutions for more information about how they can apply for an emergency grant.

The American Rescue Plan also includes nearly $3 billion in additional funding – which will be distributed at a later date – for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), other Minority-Serving Institutions, and other under-resourced institutions.

A full list of colleges and universities receiving funding can be found here.

To read more about emergency education funding under the American Rescue Plan, click here.

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