Delaware House Bill 250 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: Passed on August 10 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-08-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

In 2014, the Legislature passed a bill adding instances of “reported and recorded” bullying to the list of reasons why a child could be withdrawn from a choice or charter school before the expiration of the statutory minimum enrollment period or why an application for admission or withdrawal could be accepted outside of the statutory timeframe for submission. This bill seeks to clarify and strengthen that law by adding a requirement that the instance of bullying must also be substantiated. This will ensure the integrity of the law by limiting its exploitation by persons who wish to change schools for unrelated reasons, but preserving the exception for children truly in need of special consideration due to school bullying.

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

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]
Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]

2016-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-10	House	Signed by Governor
2016-06-30	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-22	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-06-16	Senate	Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2016-06-16	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-03-16	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits
2016-01-20	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/97ce25692cb122a285257f10004eca7f?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+250/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/4292f7efa84cb79585257fe300030f5f?OpenDocument