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14 DE Code § 1606. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 16. Comprehensive School Discipline Improvement Program|§ 1606. State Board waiver authority.

§ 1606. State Board waiver authority. The Department of Education shall have the authority to waive or suspend provisions of the Delaware Code in the implementation of programs authorized under this chapter; provided however, that such waiver or suspension of a provision of the Code shall not result in an increased financial obligation to the State. The Department of Education is also authorized to waive or suspend its rules and regulations in order to maximize the projected impact of programs authorized under this chapter. The State Board shall be advised of any waiver of a regulation it must promulgate or approve, and may deny such waiver within 30 days or by the next regularly scheduled meeting, whichever is earlier, of the waiver's approval by the Department. 69 Del. Laws, c. 464, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  93;
14 DE Code § 1607. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 16. Comprehensive School Discipline Improvement Program|§ 1607. Interagency cooperation.

§ 1607. Interagency cooperation. The Department of Education and the public school districts are to work cooperatively with other state agencies, particularly the Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, in the development and implementation of programs authorized under this chapter. The intent of such cooperation is to avoid redundancy in services and to maximize the impact of resources authorized under this chapter. 69 Del. Laws, c. 464, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  94;
14 DE Code § 1701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1701. Amount to be appropriated by General Assembly.

§ 1701. Amount to be appropriated by General Assembly. The General Assembly shall make provision for the annual payment to the free public schools of the State an amount which shall amply provide for the items authorized by this title and those additional items that the General Assembly deems appropriate. 32 Del. Laws, c. 160, §  61;  Code 1935, §  2706;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1701;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  94A;
14 DE Code § 1702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1702. Divisions of school appropriations.

§ 1702. Divisions of school appropriations. (a) Appropriations for the support, maintenance and operation of the free public schools of the State shall be in 3 divisions: Division I shall include appropriations designated for the purpose of paying the employees of the various school districts of the State in accordance with the state-supported salary schedules contained in Chapter 13 of this title; Division II shall include the appropriations for all other school costs and energy, except those for debt service and the transportation of pupils; Division III shall include appropriations for educational advancement. (b) The Department of Education shall in its annual budget request recommend an aggregate amount to be appropriated to the State's school districts for the purpose of educational advancement on a unit basis. The Department's annual budget request shall include funds adequate to comply with its obligation under § 1704(2) of this title. (c) Appropriations pursuant to Division I shall be used to employ personnel authorized by Chapter 13 of this title. School districts shall not use such funding to employ administrators in addition to those funded by the State pursuant to Chapter 13 of this title. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, appropriations pursuant to Division II may be used for any otherwise legal purposes. (e) The Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget and Controller General's Office are authorized to simplify the complexity of state share accounting by consolidating school district appropriations in the Delaware Financial Management System. Such consolidation may include state funding appropriated and allocated to school districts under Divisions I, II and III, Academic Excellence, Reading Cadre, Reading Resource Teachers, and Exceptional Student Unit-Vocational. Appropriations authorized to be consolidated herein shall not alter the school funding formulas, salary schedules, and/or provision of expenditure stipulated in this title and in the Annual Appropriations Act. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  1;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1702;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  20;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  95;  71 Del. Laws, c. 482, §  3;  73 Del. Laws, c. 321, §§  4, 5;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  21(7);  75 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  367;  76 Del. Laws, c. 280, §§  337, 356;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  404;  77 Del. Laws, c. 197, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 7, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 201, §  1;
14 DE Code § 1705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1705. Determination of amount of appropriation.

§ 1705. Determination of amount of appropriation. (a) The funds appropriated to each school district for salaries included in Division I shall be determined in accordance with all applicable state-supported salary schedules. No state funds from Division I shall be appropriated to any school district to provide salaries for more teachers than shall actually be employed in such school district. (b) Any school district may employ additional teachers out of state funds appropriated in Division II or Division III as provided in § 1304 of this title. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  2A;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1705;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  21;  72 Del. Laws, c. 294, §  46;  77 Del. Laws, c. 197, §  4;
14 DE Code § 1705A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1705A. Maximum student-instructor ratio requirements.

§ 1705A. Maximum student-instructor ratio requirements. (a) The ratio of students to instructors in any class in kindergarten or grades 1-3 in a Delaware public school shall not exceed 22 students as of the last school day of October. In calculating such ratio, a classroom instructional aide shall count as equal to half a teacher. This subsection shall only apply to a class within which students are instructed in the core academic subjects of English/Language Arts, mathematics, science and social studies. (b) The Department of Education shall provide technical assistance to any school district seeking assistance in allocating its Division I, Division III, Comprehensive Discipline Program, and local operating funding in such a manner as to accomplish class sizes equal to or lower than those required by this section. (c) A local school board may waive subsection (a) of this section after voting to waive such subsection at a public meeting noticed for that purpose. Any local school board vote on such a waiver shall occur on or before December 1 of each year. Notice for such a meeting shall be placed in the local newspaper for 2 consecutive weeks before the meeting and shall be posted on the door of any school affected for the same time period, and a copy shall be sent to the principal, teacher association building representative and Parent Teacher Organization/Parent Teacher Association parent leader of any affected school. The notice shall include the procedures for such persons to provide oral or written comments on the proposed waiver to the school board. Notice of any approved waiver shall be sent to the same persons. (d) The State Auditor shall, in cooperation with the Department of Education, monitor compliance with this section in the audits of the boards of education of the schools district conducted pursuant to § 1504 of this title. 71 Del. Laws, c. 482, §  4;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  403;
14 DE Code § 1705B. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1705B. Required reporting regarding maximum student-instructor ratio.

§ 1705B. Required reporting regarding maximum student-instructor ratio. (a) The Department of Education shall collect and report data, on an annual basis, in a uniform manner regarding compliance with the student-instructor ratio set forth in § 1705A(a) of this title by local school districts and charter schools. This data shall include waivers required by the school districts and charter schools, and the disposition thereof. (b) Local school districts and charter schools shall report the above-referenced compliance data using individual classrooms and schools as the basic units of information. (c) The above-referenced compliance data shall be reported by December 31 of each calendar year to ensure that such data is available to be considered in the event of a proposed waiver of the maximum class size provisions required under § 1705A(a) of this title. (d) The compliance data shall be published on the website of the Department of Education as well as that of each school district and each charter school. 76 Del. Laws, c. 362, §  1;
14 DE Code § 1706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1706. Determination of amount of Division II appropriation.

§ 1706. Determination of amount of Division II appropriation. The funds appropriated to each school district for expenses included in Division II shall be determined by providing a sum, which shall be uniform for all school districts throughout the State, for each unit of pupils in such school district provided that the sum allocated during the school year for new and additional units in a school district in which the additional units have no facilities and in which the additional units give a total number of units in excess of the maximum present at any time during the past 5 years may exceed the uniform amount appropriated for expenses included in Division II; such moneys shall be used for the purchase of textbooks, furniture and other classroom equipment. The first paragraph of this section notwithstanding, the funds appropriated to each district for expenses included in Division II based upon each occupational-vocational unit as defined in § 1703 of this title shall be either 1, 2 or 3 times the amount determined for each non-occupational-vocational unit as designated according to rules and regulations of the Department of Education. At least 90% of the occupational-vocational unit Division II funds, with the exception of Division II-Energy funds, shall be allocated to each school that generates these funds and expended to support the State-approved occupational-vocational courses and programs at that school. Each school district shall establish line item accounts for occupational-vocational Division II funds. These funds are in addition to the regularly generated units and all other financial resources normally allocated to each school. Random audits shall be scheduled and conducted by the State Auditor. The Secretary of Education shall request an annual report from the State Auditor evidencing an audit schedule of 10% of the affected schools. The second paragraph of this section notwithstanding, local school districts may request a waiver of the 90% requirement subject to the approval of the Executive Director of the Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Vocational Education, the Secretary of Education, and the Controller General. Such waiver requests must be submitted to the Secretary of Education by November 15 of each year. The Secretary of Education shall notify the local school districts as to the disposition of the waiver request no later than January 3 of the following year. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  3B;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1706;  49 Del. Laws, c. 406;  54 Del. Laws, c. 40, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 348, §  2;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  104;  72 Del. Laws, c. 393, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  342;
14 DE Code § 1708. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1708. Form of appropriation.

§ 1708. Form of appropriation. (a) Appropriations to the Department of Education on behalf of the school districts shall be in an aggregate form and shall be allocated to the districts in accordance with this title and the provisions of the annual Appropriations Act. (b) In the event that any employee or officer receives a salary from more than 1 of the agencies receiving appropriations according to the form set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the total of such employee's or officer's salary from all such agencies shall be appropriated to the agency paying the principal portion of such salary. In no case shall a salary appropriation be made to more than one agency for the same employee or officer. (c) The classification of employees and officers into the various categories set forth in Division I of subsection (a) of this section shall be determined by such employee's or officer's classification for salary to be paid under Chapter 13 of this title, except in the case of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Education. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  3A;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1708;  52 Del. Laws, c. 122;  53 Del. Laws, c. 400;  54 Del. Laws, c. 402, §§  5, 6;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  23;  57 Del. Laws, c. 113;  59 Del. Laws, c. 205, §  2;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §§  106, 106A;
14 DE Code § 1709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1709. Use of appropriation for purpose other than that designated.

§ 1709. Use of appropriation for purpose other than that designated. No part of any amount appropriated to any district shall be transferred from 1 subdivision of Division I to any other such subdivision of Division I or to Division II, or from Division II to any subdivision of Division I. But nothing contained in this matter shall prohibit the transfer of Division III funds to Division I to comply with §§ 1304, 1705 and 1712 of this title or Division II. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  3B;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1709;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  24;
14 DE Code § 1710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1710. Certification of number of units by Secretary of Education.

§ 1710. Certification of number of units by Secretary of Education. The number of units in each school district as calculated under § 1704 of this title shall be certified by the Secretary of Education as soon as such calculations are completed. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  3C;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1710;  49 Del. Laws, c. 151, §  3;  51 Del. Laws, c. 197, §  2;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  107;
14 DE Code § 1711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1711. Salaries in excess of state supported uniform salary schedules.

§ 1711. Salaries in excess of state supported uniform salary schedules. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any local school board from paying an additional amount of salary to any employee when such additional amount is derived from local funds or from Division III appropriations. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  4;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1712;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  25;
14 DE Code § 1712. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1712. Transfer of appropriation of closed and consolidated district.

§ 1712. Transfer of appropriation of closed and consolidated district. In the case of any closing and consolidation of a school district, the permanent Budget Commission may transfer the unexpended balance, or any part thereof of any appropriation under this chapter for the closed district or districts to the appropriation of the district or districts with which any such closed districts are consolidated. 47 Del. Laws, c. 364, §  5;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1713;
14 DE Code § 1713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1713. State School Fund income and General Fund.

§ 1713. State School Fund income and General Fund. Repealed by 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 107A, effective July 31, 1997.
14 DE Code § 1714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1714. Acquisition of school sites, Advanced Planning and Real Property Acquisition Fund; purchase; sale; repayment.

§ 1714. Acquisition of school sites, Advanced Planning and Real Property Acquisition Fund; purchase; sale; repayment. The Advanced Planning and Real Property Acquisition Fund authorized by Title 29 and administered by the Budget Commission may be used for the acquisition of school sites in anticipation of the need for construction of new school buildings. From this Fund the Department of Education may purchase in the name of the State upon request from a school district any needed school site or option to purchase such a site. The Department shall make no payments to any school district from the Fund unless either the acquisition of a school site and the approximate cost of the proposed new construction thereon have first been approved by a referendum held among the voters in the school district concerned or, in the event that such a referendum has not been approved, upon presentation from the school district that it otherwise has available sufficient funds to meet local share requirements, as the term “local share” is defined in Chapter 75 of Title 29, of the school district concerned necessary for the school construction project. In the event land is purchased within a school district and no school construction is started thereon within 5 years of such purchase or in the event plans to use the site are abandoned, then the Department of Education may sell the land at a public sale and shall repay the Advanced Planning and Real Property Acquisition Fund and deposit any excess receipts in the General Fund of the State. When the school district within which such a site has been purchased has sold bonds and deposited construction funds with the State Treasurer in compliance with any school construction act, or when, in the event of construction based entirely upon state funds, the Treasurer has in the Treasurer's command construction funds for such site the Board of Education of the district shall present to the appropriate authorities an invoice against such construction funds of that district payable to the Department of Education for deposit in the Fund and the funds used to purchase the site shall be returned to the Fund. 14 Del. C. 1953, §  1715;  51 Del. Laws, c. 262, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 113;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §§  108, 108A, 108B;  72 Del. Laws, c. 237, §  3;  74 Del. Laws, c. 367, §§  1, 2;
14 DE Code § 1715. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1715. Unit of pupils for kindergartens.

§ 1715. Unit of pupils for kindergartens. Repealed by 64 Del. Laws, c. 315, § 5, effective July 1, 1984.
14 DE Code § 1716B-1716D. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1716B-1716D. Gifted or talented unit and funding; disruptive pupil referral unit and funding; Education Refinement Program unit and funding.

§ 1716B-1716D. Gifted or talented unit and funding; disruptive pupil referral unit and funding; Education Refinement Program unit and funding. Repealed by 68 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 204, effective July 1, 1991.
14 DE Code § 1717. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1717. Employment of personnel.

§ 1717. Employment of personnel. (a) Local school boards of education and the various school building commissions may employ personnel who are paid wholly or in part from federal and/or school construction funds provided that such personnel shall be classified and paid in accordance with the salary schedules set forth in Chapter 13 of this title. In the event any of the aforementioned boards or commissions shall have a uniform local district salary supplement to the salary schedules set forth in said Chapter 13, such board or commission may also pay employees covered by this subsection an additional amount from federal and/or school construction funds not in excess of that set forth in the uniform local district salary supplement. (b) Personnel employed pursuant to this section shall be covered by Chapter 14 of this title, if such personnel qualify for coverage under § 1403(a). In determining length of service for the purposes of Chapter 14 of this title, employees who heretofore have been excluded from coverage under Chapter 14 of this title shall receive credit for all service to the State and to the current employing school district. (c) None of the various school boards or school building commissions shall enter into contracts with, or pay, individuals to provide consultant educational or related services from state, federal or school construction funds when such individual is a salaried employee of the public school system of this State. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the employment of professional personnel to teach special classes such as night school and a third shift at a vocational school and in-service courses in the same or other districts outside of regularly scheduled school hours. 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  49;  69 Del. Laws, c. 449, §  3;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  111;
14 DE Code § 1718. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1718. Matching federal funds.

§ 1718. Matching federal funds. For the purpose of matching any appropriation made for such educational acts as have been or may be passed by the Congress of the United States, the Department of Education is hereby directed and empowered to prescribe to each of the local school boards of education and to the boards of trustees of the university or college supported by state funds the amount necessary to be allocated by said respective boards to comply with the purpose and intent of said educational acts which require the matching of funds. 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  52;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  112;
14 DE Code § 1719. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1719. Adjustment of appropriations.

§ 1719. Adjustment of appropriations. In the event that the aggregate appropriations for Division I, II or III, or any other unit-driven appropriation, are insufficient to cover the total number of units certified pursuant to § 1710 of this title, the Department of Education shall transfer sufficient funding from its Growth and Upgrade General Contingency Fund and/or such other sources as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may approve, to the school districts in order that all duly certified units are adequately funded. The Department retains the authority to require reimbursement of unit-driven funds from districts to the State that are caused by a district's inaccurate reporting of pupil enrollments. 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  53;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  113;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  21(7);  78 Del. Laws, c. 7, §  4;  79 Del. Laws, c. 201, §  1;
14 DE Code § 1720. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1720. Adult education.

§ 1720. Adult education. Funds authorized in the Budget Appropriation Bill and subsequently allocated by the Department of Education for James H. Groves High School or adult basic education shall be allocated by the Department to the participating school districts in amounts equal to those approved by the Department of Education in the annual program plans submitted by the participating school districts. Additionally, funding for James H. Groves High School can be used to support the Diploma-at-a-Distance Program. 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  50;  62 Del. Laws, c. 86, §  37;  67 Del. Laws, c. 47, §  276;  68 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  202;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  114;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 367;
14 DE Code § 1721. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 14 - Education|Chapter 17. State Appropriations|§ 1721. Autistic unit and funding.

§ 1721. Autistic unit and funding. (a) Programs for children with autism exceeding 217 pupil days shall be according to rules and regulations of the Department as approved by the State Board of Education. (b) For funding purposes “autistic unit” for programs in excess of 217 pupil days shall mean 8 persons with autism per unit. 63 Del. Laws, c. 177, §  5;  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  115;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  133, 134;