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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.

Gov.-elect Matt Meyer nominates the current U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten for Delaware’s next Secretary of Education.

The Vision Coalition of Delaware continues the conversation around reworking Delaware’s education funding formula in its latest Equity in Education event.

The Public Education Funding Commission takes the pressure off its October deadline for delivering funding formula recommendations.

The Senate Education Committee clears three bills to reform early childhood care practices in Delaware, as well as legislation to protect teaching the history of marginalized groups in social studies classes.