A group of school districts that aren’t getting the money they say they should, according to the state’s school funding formula, have threatened a federal lawsuit if the issue isn’t resolved.
The number of districts that are said to be on the cap, meaning the formula calculates they should get more money than they do because the state has capped their total dollars, is 166.
Delaware City Schools Superintendent Paul Craft told senators on the Finance Committee that students in districts that are fully funded and those guaranteed to get what they got last year are getting more money than those in districts on the cap.
“These three students in three similarly situated districts are obviously not receiving that equal protection of the law. And that would be the basis of our lawsuit. I don’t want to do that,” he said.
Craft said lawmakers can avoid a lawsuit by getting rid of caps in the formula or by what he calls meaningful changes.
