Platform
Our antiquated public school funding formula hails back to the 1940s. Delaware also lags behind 10 other states that already passed free universal school meals while 1 in 6 Delaware kids is food insecure and we have the highest rate of school meals debt in the nation.
Together, we will:
Empowering Students and Teachers
Raise Teacher Pay
to attract and retain First Rate teachers in the First State.
Fix the School Funding Formula
to fully fund our schools and direct more resources to students who need them.
Pass Free School Meals
to guarantee once and for all: not one more hungry child in Delaware public and charter schools.
The housing crisis is holding back young people like me from buying a home, starting a family, and staying here in Delaware. And it’s only getting worse: 25,000 Delawareans now pay over half their income in rent.
Together, we will:
Housing We Can Afford
Build Housing
Meet the full demands of the Delaware Housing Needs Assessment to build 25,000 new units of housing by 2030.
Fill the shortage of 19,400 affordable housing units and expand supportive housing options to address the homelessness crisis.
Protect Renters
End junk fees for renters at apartment complexes.
Protect renters experiencing crises or natural disasters from eviction.
Fix The Property Tax Disaster
Leave no stone unturned in the full investigation of the statewide property tax reassessment process and Tyler Technologies.
Fight for a lower tax burden on working class and middle class families.
Raising Wages
Delaware’s minimum wage is lower than New Jersey’s, and Delaware lags behind 15 other states in tying the minimum wage to inflation. The cost of groceries, gas, and childcare has hit Delaware workers too hard.
Together, we will raise the minimum wage to: