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From https://www.languagemagazine.com/2019/02/25/delaware-doubles-el-funding/

Delaware Doubles EL Funding
February 25, 2019

Delaware has more than doubled its spending to support English learner students (ELs), as well as those who come from low-income households, with a $60 million plan over the next three years.

...In the meantime, [Delaware Department of Education Secretary Susan Bunting]'s office will be developing a template for the plan, which will extend funding to schools with a lower percentage of ELs. “In the past, the schools that qualified for the opportunity grants had 60% low-income or they had a concentration of 20% English learners,” she added. “We’ve worked in collaboration with the superintendents. We’ve listened, talked, and considered—and so every English learner student will receive monies and every low-income student. So, even if you had a school with 10% English learner students, you’re going to get money for each of those students, which is very different.”

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