Delaware must decide to remodel its current house or build a completely new house. That’s the analogy used to describe needed changes to how the state funds its public schools by Michael Griffith, senior researcher and policy analyst at the Learning Policy Institute. He repeatedly used this mantra Thursday during the first formal meeting of the Public Education Funding Commission, …
The state’s education funding should have seven goals, a coalition of education leaders in Delaware said Thursday night during a virtual community meeting focused on student-centered funding. It was one of several webinars hosted by Vision Coalition, a public-private partnership of Delawareans working to improve public education. It includes education, community and legislative leaders. The coalition’s leadership developed the Vision …
Colonial School District’s capital and operating referendum has passed, a day after Red Clay’s referendum also passed. With the successful referendum passes, there will be a phased approach to a local tax increase, with a spike of 25 cents per $100 of assessed property value in fiscal year 2025, 10 cents in fiscal year 2026 and five cents in fiscal …
How Colonial School District sports will benefit from a $61 million tax referendum was a common theme among questions during Wednesday’s virtual public forum. District officials fielded queries about the effect of the referendum, which would raise average homeowners taxes by about $250 annually. The money will be used to match state funds of $122 million for maintenance and improvements …
A Colonial School District forum Tuesday about a vote to raise school tax revenue by $61 million also served to ease fears about the effects of property reassessments. “Everyone thinks that ‘Oh my god, my house is gone from this and it’s quadrupled, my taxes are going to skyrocket’, and that would be true except we have to reset the …
