Gov. John Carney and Secretary of Education Susan Bunting on April 27 announced their plans for helping schools support students and address unfinished learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Using federal funding from the Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, Delaware will focus on key areas to support districts and charter schools in helping students make up for unfinished learning. The state received roughly $21 million for K-12 education, and districts and charter schools received more than $164 million from this bill.
Support the use of high-quality instructional materials â Provide statewide licenses for access to high-quality instructional materials, such as Zearn Math for every rising first- through eighth-grader and Summer Booster Literacy for every rising first- through fifth-grader.
Democrats respond they will not be bullied to return April 8, 2021
Citing recent contentious Senate committee hearings, and dramatically rising COVID-19 inoculation rates, House and Senate Republican leaders have called for the Delaware General Assembly to resume actual public committee meetings and floor action.
It has been more than a year since the state Legislature stopped meeting at Legislative Hall to help curtail the spread of COVID-19. While the House and Senate have met virtually, and held online committee meetings, General Assembly Republicans point to a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on two controversial gun-control bills as proof of the flawed system.
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