Department Refocused: Enhancing

Supports for Our Schools

February 2019
Department transformation
 Priorities
Priorities

Start early
Working together
Equitable access
Rigorous standards
Learning environments
 Areas of focus

• Increase third-grade literacy

proficiency
• Increase eighth-grade math
proficiency
• Increase the percentage of graduates
who are well prepared for career,
college, and life
 Wide-ranging services
• Adult & prison education
• Charter schools
• Driver education
• Child nutrition
• School counseling
• Higher Education Office
• Migrant education
• Licensure/Certification
• Transportation & capital projects
• Data management/accountability
 Recent updates

• Educator loan repayment

• Mental health supports
• Trauma-informed work
• School spending transparency
• Preschool Development Grant
• Birth to third-grade literacy
 Opportunity Fund

$60 million, over a three year period

• Weighted funding for low-
income students and English
Learners (EL).
• Mix of one-time and ongoing
funding.
 RECOMMENDED
OPERATING BUDGET
 Recommended Operating Budget

FY 2019 GF Budget $1,481,656.3

FY 2020 Recommended GF
$1,562,583.9
Budget
$ Increase $80,927.6
% Increase 5.5%

Excludes DACCTE (95-06)

 FY20 Recommended Budget
Reallocations
FY19 Salary and OEC Contingency

FY19 General Contingency

Technical adjustments related to DOE

restructuring

Others Reallocations
 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-01 Department of Education

Fleet Services Reduction ($0.7)

Personnel Costs $145.5

Delaware Interscholastic
$100.0
Athletic Fund (ASF)
Operations - Office of Innovation
$20.0
and Improvement

Professional Standards Board $15.0

 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-02 District & Charter Operations

95-02-01 - Division Funding

2018/19 Unit growth ($517.4)

 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-02 District & Charter Operations

95-02-02 - Other Items

General Contingency - 190 units $17,003.8

Opportunity Fund $4,000.0

Year Long Residencies $1,000.0

 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-02 District & Charter Operations

95-02-02 - Other Items (cont’d)

DE Literacy Plan $850.0

Math Coaches $560.0

Workforce Intermediary and
$500.0
Career Pathways
 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-02 District & Charter Operations

95-02-05 - Education Block Grants

Academic Excellence $3,002.1

Alternative Routes to
$125.0
Certification
95-02-06 - Public School Transportation

Public School Transportation $8,906.7

 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-03 Pass Through & Support Programs
95-03-20 - Special Needs Programs

Statewide Autism Support $194.7

Prison Education $470.0

Early Childhood Initiatives $3,219.7

 FY20 Recommended Budget
95-03 Pass Through & Support Programs
95-03-40 - Scholarships

SEED Scholarship $620.7

Inspire Scholarship $278.2

Loan Forgiveness - Educators $500.0

 One-Time Supplemental

House Bill 51

Opportunity Fund $30,000.0

DE Literacy Plan $50.0

QUESTIONS?
Enrollment Growth by Category
Number of Students
-27
Pre-K

292
K-3
285
-577 K-3 Spec Ed

4-12

4-12 Basic
509 62
Intensive
249

Complex
Unit Growth by Category
Number of Units
-2
Pre-K

-36
4 K-3

112.28 K-3 Spec Ed

25.45 4-12

29.59 4-12 Basic

Intensive
47.52

Complex
 Public School Enrollment (FY12-FY18)
Excluding DAFB

117,000 23,000
Regular Ed Special Ed

22,000
116,500

21,000
116,000
20,000

115,500
19,000

115,000 18,000

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019
2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2
2
 2018/19 Enrollment Growth
Number of
Students
September 30, 2017 Unit Count 137,873

Exited (After 9/30/17, Before 16,680

9/30/18)
Entered (Unit Count 2018) 17,447

September 30, 2018 Unit Count 138,666

Enrollment Growth 793