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Legislation– SB 302 and SB 303– to implement Delaware’s school funding cleared the State Senate with bipartisan support and now awaits House approval.

Delaware took a significant step toward revamping the way it funds its public schools.The Public Education Funding Commission formally voted on its recommendations for a new hybrid model which will increase per-pupil funding for multilingual learners and students from low-income homes.The General Assembly will now comsider bills reflecting these changes and how to implement them.They’'re sponsored by the commission’s chair State Sen. Laura Sturgeon, who joined Delaware Public Media’s state politics reporter Bente Bouthier this week to discuss this new education funding plan.

Delaware creates an Office of the Inspector General, a state watchdog agency aimed at improving government accountability and efficiency.

The Public Education Funding Commission is back after a month-long break to discuss equalization amid statewide property reassessment fallout.

The PEFC approved five different recommendations at its Monday meeting, which included a unanimous decision to adopt a hybrid funding framework that blends elements of the current unit count system with a weighted block grant approach.

18 years after its first introduction in the General Assembly, a bill to establish an Office of the Inspector General passes the Delaware Senate.

The body in charge of reworking Delaware’s public education funding structure opts not to vote on a new funding framework at its Monday meeting with several details still to be hashed out.

The commission in charge of reshaping Delaware’s education funding formula is clashing over the best approach one week before a final vote on a new framework model.

Whether the future holds an entirely new model, a more equitable version of the current unit system or a combination of both is still being developed by the commission, but members agreed a values-based approach is the most effective line of action for the First State.

The Joint Finance Committee holds its first budget hearing for fiscal year 2026, and discussions on budgetary cuts are already underway.