Delaware Senate Bill 204 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-23 - Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association estimates that $369 million would be lost if schools were not required to start after Labor Day. This includes $104 million in wages and $21 million in state and local taxes. Maryland is considering similar legislation. A study of Maryland found that pushing the start of school back would generate $74.3 million in economic activity and $7.7 million in new state and local tax revenue.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Requiring Schools To Start Each School Year After Labor Day.

Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David McBride [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-23		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2020-01-23		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2020-01-15		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47920
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47920&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB204