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Seaford board hears presentation urging fixes to Delaware school unit-count funding
Summary
At its Feb. 28 meeting, the Seaford Board of Education was briefed on a proposed "CFO model" that would change how the state converts student need into funded positions, with presenters saying adjusted weights for low‑income and multilingual learners could add dozens of positions to some schools and nearly $1.5 million in funding.
At its Feb. 28 meeting, the Seaford Board of Education heard a detailed presentation on state school funding that described gaps in the current unit-count system and showed how proposed adjustments would shift staffing and dollars to higher‑need schools.
The presentation, introduced by Patches Hill and presented with assistance from a Mr. Cameron, summarized work shown to the state Public Education Finance Commission and called the recommended approach the "CFO model." Hill told the board the model aims to restore the unit-count system so that students and program additions drive appropriate teacher, administrative and district positions.
The presentation said the system currently separates several funding streams in ways that do not generate matching administrative or support staff when districts add programmatic positions such as academic excellence teachers, mental‑health staff or multilingual‑learner…
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