With pressure from Delaware educational organizations, a bill that would prevent delays to school board candidate campaigns garnered support Wednesday from the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 88, sponsored by Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark, would require the stateâs Department of Elections to publicly list school board candidates who are waiting for their background checks to be completed as a âprovisional …
The idea of creating an inspector general for Delaware united multiple advocacy groups that sponsored a Zoom forum on the benefits of such a job. On Monday, 71 people attended a virtual forum hosted by the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and Delaware Press Association. Also sponsoring the call were Common Cause Delaware, Delaware Poor Peopleâs Campaign, Delaware Public Preschool …
It was a day of unanimous votes for the Delaware Senate Thursday, with 14 of the 15 items passed without any ânoâ votes. Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, was the only legislator to vote against House Substitute 1 for House Bill 34, a law that would require school boards from district and charter schools to hold public comment on each agenda …
Defying the demands of the state teachers union, a committee formed to make recommendations on educator pay voted Monday to bring teacherâs starting salary to $60,000 over four years rather than three. The four-year plan will consist of a 2% salary increase and a flat dollar increase of $1,875 to the base salary for teachers, nurses and administrators each year …
A bill that would establish a 17-person task force to focus on mentoring and improving literacy rates for Delawareâs youth unanimously passed the House Education Committee Wednesday. âWe believe that the 18,222 children in charter schools across our state benefit not just from the educators in the building, but from the village that helps educate them,â said Kendall Massett, executive …
Several members of the Joint Finance Committee asked the Department of Education officials on Wednesday when and if they would ever see a return on the stateâs investment in public education. Student achievement metrics like standardized test scores have fallen off a cliff over the past decade and the state still faces a teacher shortage. Education Secretary Mark Holodick and …
A Senate committee hearing Tuesday heard the state Secretary of Education apologize about the way lead testing in schools was handled and that trained pros will handle testing instead of school staff. Through a federal grant, the Department of Education began a sampling initiative in October, 2020 to identify the levels of lead within drinking water at schools. âWhile well-intentioned, …
This story was originally published in July 2022. Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st General Assembly, which just ended, the âEducation General Assembly,â in regard to the number of education bills that passed. âThereâs more than 50 education bills this session and a 7% increase in the budget,â said Madeleine Bayard, senior vice president of Rodel. âThey got …
Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st General Assembly, which just ended, the âEducation General Assembly,â in regard to the number of education bills that passed. âThere’s more than 50 education bills this session and a 7% increase in the budget,â said Madeleine Bayard, senior vice president of Rodel. âThey got a lot done and …
A bill that would transform certain loans to scholarships to encourage students to pursue careers in education and other needed career fields was released by the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. It was the committeeâs last hearing in this legislative session, which began in January 2021 and spanned two years. The bill already has passed the House and is now eligible …
