Delaware House Bill 173

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on June 1 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-06-14 - Not Worked in Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Currently school employees must use their accumulated sick leave to take off for a religious holiday that is not a State recognized religious holiday. This Act allows for 2 floating holidays per school year that would not fall within a State recognized religious holiday. The 2 floating holidays are not to be considered part of the employee's sick leave and cannot be accumulated. The building administrator must approve the request to be absent for a floating holiday but cannot ask the reason for the request. A request may only be denied if school operational requirements cannot be met.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Absences Of School Employees.

Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]

Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]

Rep. Larry Lambert [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-14		Not Worked in Committee
2023-06-14		Amendment HA 1 to HB 173 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2023-06-01		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140469
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140469&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB173