Delaware School Leaders: “A Penny Is Not Worth the Same Everywhere”

As reassessment committee meetings end, future remains unclear

Why Should Delaware Care?After months of hearings in Dover, school leaders closed out the final meeting of the General Assembly’s reassessment committee by calling for lawmakers to implement long term funding solutions over a series of quick fixes. But what exactly those solutions could look like remains unclear. For public school leaders considering education funding woes in Delaware, the value of a penny – or sometimes, the lack thereof – is a…

Delaware school leaders: “A penny is not worth the same everywhere”

School leaders from across Delaware testified Monday before the Joint Special Committees investigating the state’s recent property reassessment, highlighting disparities in public education funding.

What is the future of property reassessment in Delaware?

Delaware's first-in-generations property reassessment came about after a court case over the fairness of the state's school funding formula. Monday, representatives of Delaware's education community had their say before the General Assembly's Special Bipartisan Committee on Reassessment.