Joint Capital Improvement Committee Meeting Apr 30, 2026

Joint Capital Improvement Committee (2026 Legislature DE) · April 30, 2026

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Department of Education: opening presentation and strategic plan

Presentation

8:57 → 17:25(8m 28s)

Secretary Martin (Department of Education) outlined the agency's five-block strategic plan and statewide targets: serve 142,000 public school students across 43 LEAs (19 districts, 24 charters); current third-grade reading proficiency 38%; goal to raise it to 53% by 2028; graduation target from 89% to 91%; reduce chronic absenteeism from 15% to 13%; expand early education access from 25% to 40%; 100% K–3 teachers trained in the science of reading. She emphasized instruction-driving-construction and measurable, operational targets.

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Joint Capital Improvement Committee hearings on the Department of Education, University of Delaware, and Delaware State University budgets, with questions on school construction (certificates of necessity), an IT connectivity request for K–12, and university capital requests including Southern Delaware initiatives and an athletic transformation at Delaware State.

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