Tag: delaware school funding
Hybrid Funding System Begins Road to Implementation
February 17th, 2026
PEFC Moves Toward a Hybrid Funding Model The proposed framework maintains a foundation of Delaware’s long-standing unit count formula but layers on student-based funding streams that allow districts greater flexibility in how dollars are used. The aim is to make the system simpler, clearer, and more responsive without disrupting core...VIEW ARTICLE
What Are Delaware Students Saying About School Funding?
January 28th, 2026
In December, more than 150 community leaders, students, parents, educators, and advocates gathered with the Vision Coalition to continue a statewide conversation about Delaware’s school funding system. From the Delaware Technical Community College Dover campus, participants heard updates on the work of the Public Education Funding...VIEW ARTICLE
Funding Commission Readies its Guiding Principles Amid Reassessment Turmoil
October 2nd, 2025
As the new school year gets underway, education funding remains top of mind for Delawareans. With property reassessments and equalization in the headlines over the past few months, conversations about how our schools are funded have become increasingly urgent. Public Education Funding Commission Moves Forward with Guiding...VIEW ARTICLE
Funding Commission Hears from Educators, Digs into Design Principles
April 10th, 2025
Delaware continues to move forward and engage in the important conversation on public school funding. Governor Matt Meyer’s Administration and Secretary of Education Cindy Marten have both expressed that modernizing the public school funding formula is a high priority in the coming years. So, what has been happening in this work? Public...VIEW ARTICLE