Delaware House Bill 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-23 - Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act will create a funding source for students enrolled in Delaware public schools who are determined as low-income according to the Department of Education. This funding source will be in addition to the normal enrollment based funding provided to school districts and charter schools. The low-income unit will provide one unit of funding for every 250 low-income students in grades K-12 where the funding can be used for such purposes as providing additional teachers and paraprofessionals for classroom instruction; additional counselors, school psychologists, social workers, and intervention specialists; Response to Intervention Services; and before and after school programs providing homework assistance, and for support for English language learners. To ensure the low-income resources reach the schools where they are most needed, this Act requires that at least 98% of the units be directed towards the schools that generate the funding unless otherwise waived by a local board of education during a public meeting.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation Of A Unit For Low-income Students.

Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]
Rep. Charles Potter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-23	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-06-16	House	Reported Out of Committee (APPROPRIATIONS) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2015-06-18	House	Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2015-06-03	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
2015-06-02	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2015-04-28	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/5f7960d84b3d165385257e2a006902ec?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+117/$file/legis.html?open