Delaware House Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on June 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-06-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Since 1996, students across Delaware have participated in school choice. Currently, reorganized school districts do not follow the same processes thus causing confusion and barriers for families seeking to access choice for their children. The Act aims to streamline the school choice process, making it easier and clearer for parents, guardians, and school administrators to navigate. This Bill gives priority to siblings of students who live in the reorganized school district where the school is located and to siblings of students who do not live in the reorganized school district where the school is located. The Act also updates what constitutes "good cause" to include change of residence or child's participation in an inpatient or day treatment program.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The District Enrollment Choice Program For School Districts And Charter Schools.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]

2022-04-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-22 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-14		Signed by Governor
2022-04-13		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-04-06		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-03-22		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2022-03-22		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-01-19		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2021-06-30		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79034
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79034&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB270
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52938
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53054