The Department of Education said Tuesday it has disbursed coronavirus stimulus funds under the CARES Act to two Washington D.C. universities, Howard University and Gallaudet University.
Under the Act, $13 million has been made available to Howard University and $7 million to Gallaudet University, as stipulated by the Act passed last month.
In a statement Tuesday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said the funds are meant “to help these unique institutions address the challenges associated with coronavirus.”
Howard is a historically Black university. Its hospital has been designated as one of the District of Columbia’s COVID-19 treatment facilities. It is also working in conjunction with D.C. Health.
Gallaudet is a federally chartered private university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.
Last month, Republican Representative Matt Gaetz took issue with the provision of $13 million for Howard, reported The Hill.
“$13,000,000 in taxpayer funds could be going to families across the nation struggling to put food on the table in the midst of COVID-19,” Gaetz said in a tweet.
