Delaware House Bill 100

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-12)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-03-11 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines mental health services as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Free Public Schools.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Charles Postles [R]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]
Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]	Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-11		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2021-03-10		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2021-01-28		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48362
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48362&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB100