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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Deb Andraca and 20 co-sponsors

AB 568 provides one-time General Fund grants to NSHE institutions and programs to support operations and instruction for 2025–2027, with unspent funds to revert by Sept 17, 2027.

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Summary — AB 568 (Chapter 400) — Nevada System of Higher Education appropriations (BDR S-1201)

Status: Approved by the Governor (Chapter 400). Effective date: July 1, 2025.

Note on documents provided
- The packet included multiple unrelated texts labeled “AB 568” (including a California bill creating the Tule East Groundwater Sustainability Agency). This summary covers the enacted Nevada AB 568 (BDR S-1201) — a budget/appropriations bill for the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE).

Purpose and intent
- Makes one-time appropriations from the State General Fund to the Nevada System of Higher Education to support operational and instructional expenses for specific NSHE institutions and programs for the 2025–2027 biennium. The Legislature states its intent that these are one-time grants and urges NSHE to seek other revenue for future biennia.

Key provisions and dollar amounts
- Appropriates the following sums from the State General Fund to NSHE:
- University of Nevada, Reno (UNR): $22,441,996
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV): $23,580,944
- Agricultural Experiment Station: $113,154
- Cooperative Extension Service: $277,476
- William S. Boyd School of Law (UNLV Law School budget account): $867,708
- UNLV School of Dental Medicine (UNLV Dental School budget account): $2,124,972
- Nevada State University: $1,072,226
- College of Southern Nevada: $5,332,632
- Great Basin College: $408,738
- Western Nevada College: $221,370
- Truckee Meadows Community College: $1,043,258
- Prison Education Program: $2,976

Timing, use restrictions, and reversion
- The appropriations are designated as one-time grants intended to sustain operations during the 2025–2027 biennium.
- Entities may not commit the appropriated funds after June 30, 2027.
- Any unspent balances may not be spent after September 17, 2027, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 17, 2027.

Fiscal and administrative notes
- Fiscal note: The bill contains appropriations consistent with the Executive Budget.
- Effect on local government: None indicated.
- The Legislature explicitly urges NSHE to pursue additional revenue sources to support ongoing operational and instructional expenses beyond the 2025–2027 biennium.

Legislative actions / procedural highlights
- Assembly amendment (No. 939) replaced the original COLA (cost‑of‑living adjustment) framing with a broader “operational and instructional expenses” purpose.
- Enrolled and delivered to the Governor; approved and chaptered as Chapter 400. Effective July 1, 2025.

Who is affected
- Direct fiscal recipients: the listed NSHE institutions, their listed budget accounts (law, dental, extension, experiment station), and the Prison Education Program.
- Indirectly affected: NSHE students, faculty, staff and program beneficiaries, to the extent the funds sustain operations and instruction during the 2025–2027 biennium.

Bottom line
- AB 568 provides one-time State General Fund support (totaling the above line items) to multiple NSHE campuses and programs for operational and instructional purposes for the 2025–2027 biennium, with unspent funds required to revert by September 17, 2027.