Tag: school funding

Not Counting on the Count: Why Student Count is Trickier Than You Think

Funding and Equity, Policy and Practice

March 15th, 2021

Updated on March 15, 2021 School funding across the United States is determined by a series of complex, interrelated policy decisions. There has been a lot of discussion in Delaware lately about how to best allocate state dollars to schools, but little written about a seemingly small but important piece of the puzzle: how we count students...

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The COVID Context: Delaware’s Falling School Enrollment

Funding and Equity, News, The COVID Context

February 18th, 2021

For the first time in a decade, Delaware public school enrollment has dropped. This trend spans the country—just one of the many shakeups caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Delaware, enrollment triggers a handful of important policy and budgetary questions. A drop in public school enrollment brings many concerns with it, such as: a...

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Why Are We Still Doing Referendums?

Funding and Equity, Policy and Practice

January 6th, 2021

Public school finance spins a complex and intricate web of policy decisions. When we’ve written about Delaware school funding and funding equity in the past, we’ve focused on resource allocation, how we count students, and property reassessment. Yet another important piece of the puzzle is the local tax rate and school...

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Delaware School Funding Settlement: What it Means

Funding and Equity, News

November 18th, 2020

As has been widely reported, a settlement was announced last month in the ongoing lawsuit over Delaware’s school funding system. The agreement was reached between Delaware and civil rights groups Delawareans for Educational Opportunity and the NAACP of Delaware. What does it all mean? Here’s how the settlement could impact the state...

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