KENTUCKY (WFIE) - More COVID-19 relief funding is on the way for several Kentucky colleges and universities.
For this round of funds, a total of more than $269 million will be divvied out.
“It’s my understanding the federal government has a formula,” Fr. Larry Hostetter, the president of Brescia University said. “The federal government has all of our statistics. We submit that every year. In terms of enrollment, how many of our students are eligible for Pell Grants.”
On the local level, Henderson Community College is receiving $1.8 million, Brescia University is collecting $1.2 million, Kentucky Wesleyan College is acquiring $1.5 million and Owensboro Community and Techincal College is receiving $4.3 million.
Madisonville Community College is also set to receive $2.9 million.
“In higher education, obviously especially at a smaller private institution like ourselves, we’re reliant on a lot of the regular operations, and so when you can’t plan for these types of funding to come through, it’s certainly much appreciated when they do,” Eddie Kenney, the vice-president of advancement at Kentucky Wesleyan College said.
School administrators say they are waiting on guidance from the government on how they can spend the money.
“I know some of it has to go to help students,” Hostetter said. “And the other is for any kind of pandemic expenses that are expenses that we normally wouldn’t have, also loss of revenue.”
Last year, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act delivered a total of over $156 million to Kentucky’s colleges and universities.
Schools could transfer the emergency financial aid to students to help pay for course materials, technology, housing, food, healthcare, and childcare costs.
Brescia University and Kentucky Wesleyan College representatives tell 14 News they have not cut any programs.
“I tell people because we’ve had a number of really good years before the pandemic with good enrollment that we’ve got a strong foundation,” Hostetter said. “And I’m glad we did because certainly like most institutions, we’re being battered financially by the pandemic.”
The state has informed 14 News that a total of over $204 million for the colleges and universities has risen to $269 million.
The state also told 14 News that Owensboro Community and Technical College has been added to the list and will obtain $4.3 million.
Alice Lloyd College
$1,309,966
American College of Barbering
$76,600
American National University
$335,944
Appalachian Beauty School
$35,066
Asbury Theological Seminary
$419,058
Asbury University
$1,736,565
Ashland Community and Technical College
$3,997,808
ATA College
$1,084,525
Barrett & Company School of Hair Design
$48,170
Beckfield College
$647,452
Bellarmine University
$3,570,531
Berea College
$5,326,942
Big Sandy Community and Technical College
$4,476,232
Brescia University
$1,196,232
Brighton Center’s Center for Employment Training
$368,508
Campbellsville University
$7,256,937
Centre College of Kentucky
$1,421,366
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College
$110,307
Eastern Kentucky University
$18,411,187
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
$6,335,828
Employment Solutions
$483,506
Galen Health Institutes
$5,652,086
Gateway Community and Technical College
$4,249,192
Georgetown College
$1,481,847
Hazard Community and Technical College
$3,109,690
Henderson Community College
$1,807,184
Hopkinsville Community College
$3,556,627
Ideal Beauty Academy
$24,636
Jefferson Community and Technical College
$12,800,342
Jenny Lea Academy of Cosmetology
$41,995
Kentucky Christian University
$919,413
Kentucky Horseshoeing School
$24,175
Kentucky Mountain Bible College
$111,533
Kentucky State University
$2,817,902
Kentucky Wesleyan College
$1,448,016
Lexington Healing Arts Academy
$68,733
Lexington Theological Seminary
$21,480
Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology
$38,613
Lindsey Wilson College
$4,250,842
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
$53,158
Madisonville Community College
$2,936,703
Maysville Community and Technical College
$4,591,401
Medical Career and Technical College
$117,213
MedQuest College
$671,848
Midway University
$1,614,558
Morehead State University
$11,119,678
Murray State University
$10,236,265
Northern Kentucky University
$13,713,911
Owensboro Community and Technical College
$4,372,164
Paul Mitchell The School ‐ Lexington
$172,777
Paul Mitchell The School ‐ Louisville
$151,035
PJ’s College of Cosmetology
$279,570
PJ’s College of Cosmetology
$51,177
Regina Webb Academy
$20,918
Simmons College of Kentucky
$499,431
Somerset Community College
$7,072,505
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
$5,410,058
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
$3,839,470
Spalding University
$1,902,707
Sullivan University
$1,885,695
Summit Salon Academy
$109,212
Thomas More University
$2,520,355
Transylvania University
$1,278,124
Tri‐State Barber College
$19,107
Union College
$1,956,695
University of Kentucky
$26,729,420
University of Louisville
$20,434,285
University of Pikeville
$2,756,839
University of the Cumberlands
$5,852,797
West Kentucky Community and Technical College
$6,080,214
Western Kentucky University
$18,748,413
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