The Wilmington Learning Collaborative faces an uphill battle after the governor proposed an 80% funding cut for Fiscal Year 2027.
Delaware’s Department of Education presented its first strategic plan in years on Tuesday, which included more than $20 million worth of program cuts.
Among the proposed cuts is a decrease in support for the WLC, from $10 million this year to $2 million in the coming fiscal year. But DOE expected the Collaborative to have $2 million carryover from this year’s funding – giving the group $4 million to work with in FY 27…