Monday, February 22, 2021

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

 EDUCATION EQUITY LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT: WHAT, WHY, WHO?

Advance registration required: : us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0udeCgpzkjHNPwhrmL5p5hbHpTTopl_Xz9

Presented by LWVDE Advocacy Corps Education Portfolio Co-chairs Kathleen Baker and Penny Deiner. This presentation is to impart informing to you as part of the Education Study, that will be discussed as part of Program to be voted on at CONVENTION, MAY 2021. 

In 2018 the Delaware ACLU, Delawareans for Educational Opportunity, and the NAACP of Delaware filed a lawsuit claiming that the State was not providing adequate resources to ensure the learning needs of students from low-income families, English language learners, and children with disabilities.  A Settlement was reached in October 2020, to address the needs of these disadvantaged students. Governor Carney will seek support from the General Assembly to provide increased funding and other supports in the coming years to meet the needs of students from low-income families, English language learners, and children with disabilities more equitably.

The public is cordially invited! Please join us on Monday, February 22 at 6 pm to learn more about this important topic.