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Bills regarding Education/Family
Tracking the following Legislation of significant interest:
Bill: HB 192
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFICIENCY ON STUDENT ASSESSMENTS.
Status: 6/27/23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits and now on Senate Ready List. 6/21/23 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate. Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT6/14/23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits and on House Ready List. 6/7/23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House.
Sponsor: Bryan Shupe
Synopsis: This Act requires that the superintendent, school leader, or equivalent chief school officer who oversees a school or a charter school where students have single-digit proficiency in English language arts or mathematics, or both, collaborate with the Department of Education and school building-level administration to create a short-term plan to raise performance so that the school no longer has single-digit proficiency. This Act also requires the creation of a long-term plan for how to further improve student performance on State assessments and increase the school’s overall student body achievement ... More
URL: https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140529
Bill: HS 1 for HB 167
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING.
Status: 6/21/23 Substituted in House by HS 1 for HB 167. 6/13/23 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House. 6/7/23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits and now on House Ready List. 5/18/23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House.
Sponsor: Bryan Shupe
Synopsis: This Act is a substitute for House Bill No. 167. Like House Bill No. 167, this Act establishes school resource officer units to fund school resources officers in all Delaware public schools. Specifically, this Act funds at least 1 school resource officer in each charter school and in each school in a school district, regardless of enrollment, and provides for additional school resource officers for schools with over 1,000 students. This Act differs from House Bill No. 167 by defining "school resource officer" to include constables commissioned under Chapter 56 of Title 24 of the Delaware Code.
Bill: HS 1 for HB 66
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DELAWARE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROFILES.
Status: 6/7/23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits and on Senate Ready List. 5/19/23 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate. 5/18/23 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT. 5/10/23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits. 5/4/23 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 66, and Assigned to Education Committee in House. 3/2/23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House.
Sponsor: Bryan Shupe
Synopsis: House Bill No. 66 adds required information to annual reports issued by the Department of Education (Department), currently known as School Performance Data Reports, and which are available on the Department’s website as the Delaware Report Card. Like House Bill No. 66, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 66 adds the following requirements: 1. That there is a link to these reports on both the home page of the Department’s website and the school choice website. 2. That these reports include a list of career pathways offered at a high school and must continue to include proficiency rates. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 66 reflects ... More
URL: https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130311
Bill: HB 203
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.
Status: 6/14/23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable and now placed on the House Ready List. 6/2/23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House.
Sponsor: Jeff Hilovsky
Synopsis: With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed. This Act, known as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a half credit course on financial literacy. And, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2025 through 2026 school year, successful completion of the course will be required to obtain a high school diploma. This Act requires the course include instruction which meets the financial literacy standards for high school students ... More
URL: https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140513
Bill: SB 69
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT FOR SECTARIAN OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
Status: 3/28/23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate.
Sponsor: Wilson
Synopsis: In 2021, the General Assembly enacted a law, Chapter 249 of Volume 83 of the Laws of Delaware (Senate Bill 169 of the 151st General Assembly) to update and expand the definition of child care to include early education programs for children below the grade of kindergarten that are operated by public or private schools, including sectarian or religious institutions. This law takes effect on July 1, 2024. This Act exempts sectarian or religious institutions from the Delaware Child Care Act.
URL: https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=130116
Bill: SB 59
Title: AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE RATE OF PURCHASE OF CARE FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: 3/8/23 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits. Introduced and Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House
Sponsor: Kyle Evans Gay
Synopsis: This bill directs the Department to pay a statewide rate to all child care providers that is aligned with the New Castle County rate through existing program funds. This service provides support for families with ...More