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Opportunity Funding
Delaware's Opportunity Funding program provides weighted funding and classroom-based support for low-income students and English learners in Delaware public schools. In June 2021, Governor John Carney signed legislation to increase this funding as well as make the funding permanent in Delaware. By Fiscal Year 2025, funding for the program will more than double to $60 million a year.
The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) works with district and charter school leaders, community representatives, families and educators to evaluate how schools are using the funding and to measure student progress.
Learn more below about how the following districts and charter schools plan to use these funds:
- Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School
- Academy Of Dover Charter School
- Appoquinimink School District
- Brandywine School District
- Caesar Rodney School District
- Campus Community School
- Cape Henlopen School District
- Capital School District
- Charter School of New Castle
- Charter School of Wilmington
- Christina School District
- Colonial School District
- Delaware Military Academy
- Delmar School District
- Edison (Thomas A.) Charter School
- Early College High School at Del State
- East Side Charter School
- First State Military Academy
- First State Montessori Academy
- Freire Charter School
- Gateway Lab School
- Great Oaks Charter School
- Indian River School District
- Kuumba Academy Charter School
- Lake Forest School District
- Laurel School District
- Las Americas ASPIRA Academy
- Milford School District
- MOT Charter School
- Newark Charter School
- New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District
- Odyssey Charter School
- POLYTECH School District
- Positive Outcomes Charter School
- Providence Creek Academy Charter School
- Red Clay Consolidated School District
- Seaford School District
- Smyrna School District
- Sussex Academy
- Sussex Montessori
- Sussex Technical School District
- Woodbridge School District
Mental Health and Reading Supports
For the 2021-22 school year, a total of $5 million was allocated for mental health services and reading supports targeted for the students who are identified as English learners (ELs) or low income. These funds were provided to all schools that qualified for a reading interventionist under the Student Success Block Grant.
Applications for the mental health and reading supports are listed below. Applications will be posted as finalized.
- Academia Antonia Alonso
- Academy of Dover
- Brandywine School District
- Caesar Rodney School District
- Campus Community Charter School
- Cape Henlopen School District
- Captial School District
- Charter School of New Castle
- Christina School District
- Colonial School District
- East Side Charter school
- Gateway Lab Charter School
- Indian River School District
- Kuumba Academy
- Lake Forst School District
- Las Americas Aspira
- Laurel School District
- Milford School District
- Red Clay Consolidated School District
- Seaford School District
- Smyrna School District
- Thomas Edison Charter School
- Woodbidge School District
