Delaware Senate Bill 229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: Passed on July 15 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-07-15 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Section 1 of the Act would permit the state’s most severely cognitively disabled students, with the consent of their parents, IEP teams, and school districts, to receive special exemptions from taking either of the state’s standardized assessments. The academic progress of those students would still be measured in order to ensure that they are being challenged and provided meaningful instruction. Sections 2 and 3 of the Act attempt to ensure that evidence-based interventions are provided for young students who have dyslexia and related disabilities, to ensure that they are receiving necessary assistance in learning to read.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Education Of Students With Disabilities

Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Colin Bonini [R]
Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Robert Venables [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]

2014-06-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-06-10 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 15 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-15	House	Signed by Governor
2014-06-26	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-26	Senate	Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2014-06-26	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2014-06-26	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-26	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2014-06-17	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 10 On Its Merits
2014-06-17	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2014-06-11	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
2014-06-10	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 3 NO 3 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-10	Senate	Amendment SA 3 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-10	Senate	Amendment SA 3 - Introduced in Senate
2014-06-10	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-10	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Introduced in Senate
2014-06-10	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Stricken
2014-06-10	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Stricken
2014-06-04	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2014-06-04	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2014-05-28	Senate	Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/0648e1e5659e3fa585257cd200656f92?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+229/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/SB+229/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d53b38c5d11352a285257cf3006b902e?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/a2079aeede98a29f85257d04000241c3?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8334dfc072d5dab685257d04000756be?OpenDocument