Vision 2015 calls for “weighted student funding”

Students on the lagging side of the achievement gap need more help—and thus more resources—to succeed. But many states don’t fund education that way. Instead, states including Delaware use complicated systems that group students and provide districts with financing for those groups. The districts receive more for students with learning disabilities but often get nothing from the state for low–income children, gifted students, or English language learners. Vision 2015, a plan that aims to transform the state’s school system into a world leader by 2015, calls for “weighted student funding,” meaning a school would receive more money for students needing extra services. Read the article at delawareonline.com.