The Public Education Funding Commission will establish its goals in its first official meeting Thursday. (Photo by BrianAJackson/iStock Getty Images)

School funding group’s first meeting Thursday, will set goals

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

A state commission created this year to develop a more effective funding formula for Delaware public schools gathered Wednesday. But, the day was mainly a debriefing and dubbed a “professional learning day”, and the Public Education Funding Commission will have its first official meeting Thursday, per the agenda posted on the General Assembly website.  Wednesday’s meeting was much of what …

The Public Education Funding Commission would make recommendations to help improve how Delaware funds its school. (Photo by Shutterstock)

Senate moves to address school funding study with commission

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

After a couple of briefings on the landmark December 2023 report on school funding that says Delaware should invest up to $1 billion more into it, the state legislature is moving to take action. Tuesday, the Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 201, sponsored by Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin and chair of the Senate Education Committee, which ​​establishes the Public Education …