Delaware House Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-24 - Amendment HA 1 to HB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act changes the term of a school board member from 5 years to 4 years. While longer board member terms enable school board members to have more years as experienced board members, this must be weighed against the goal of providing the community with sufficient opportunities to run for school boards, and to replace school board members. In addition, shorter board member terms can increase the number of candidates who run for office, as a longer term can prevent some individuals from choosing to run for this office.

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

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-24		Amendment HA 1 to HB 278 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2018-01-17		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2017-12-14		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26213
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26213&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB278