Governor Carney Announces Grant Funds Available to Promote Financial Literacy Education
Department of Education | Department of State | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | State Bank Commissioner | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
For the seventh consecutive year, grant funds for Delaware schools and nonprofits to promote financial literacy across the state are now available through the state’s Financial Literacy Education Fund (FLEF).
Governor Carney Launches Opportunity Grant Program to Support Disadvantaged Delaware Students
Department of Education | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
School districts, charter schools can apply for $1 million in new funding WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney announced on Tuesday that Delaware schools can now apply for $1 million in special funding to improve supports for low-income students, students chronically exposed to stress and trauma, and English language learners. The new Opportunity Grant program […]
UPDATE: Council on Development Finance Hears Sallie Mae Proposal to Create 285 More Jobs in Delaware
Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Small Business | Date Posted: Monday, July 24, 2017
Dover, Del. (July 24, 2017) – The Delaware Division of Small Business, Development & Tourism and Sallie Mae are working to find new jobs in the state for people recently displaced from HSBC and Barclays in the Wilmington area. Sallie Mae plans to create 285 new positions in northern Delaware bringing its total employment in […]
Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Expand Access to Overdose-Reversing Medication to Pharmacies
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, July 20, 2017
New law will allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without an individual prescription under same protections afforded to doctors DOVER, Del. – Governor John Carney on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 48 to expand community access to the life-saving drug naloxone by making it possible for pharmacists to dispense the antidote without an individual prescription […]
Governor Carney Vetoes 5-Mile Radius Legislation that Limits Options for Wilmington Students
Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, July 20, 2017
Governor: “This legislation unfairly excludes some of our most vulnerable students.” WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Thursday vetoed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 85, legislation that would remove the five-mile radius as an enrollment preference for Delaware charter schools, while excluding a number of students in the City of Wilmington. The following […]
