Delaware House Bill 304 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-8)
Status: Passed on August 29 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-29 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act recognizes advancements in the science of reading and literacy instruction by requiring that all public school students in kindergarten through grade 3 participate in a universal reading screening 3 times each year to identify potential reading deficiencies, including dyslexia, and allow for early intervention and prevention. The Department is tasked with compiling a list of reading screeners as well as literacy intervention approaches that are aligned with the science of reading that charter schools and districts may use. The Department will take into account the science of reading and evidence-based research in creating the list as well as the alignment of screeners and interventions with a multi-tiered system of support. The Department is also required to consider the burden on schools to administer screeners and the amenability of the screener to being incorporated into ongoing instruction.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Reading Competency.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Colin Bonini [R]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]

2022-06-21 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-05-12 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-29		Signed by Governor
2022-06-21		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-05-18		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-05-12		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2022-05-12		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-05-12		Amendment HA 1 to HB 304 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-05-10		Amendment HA 1 to HB 304 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-04-14		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2022-03-24		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=89280&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB304
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25093&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53212
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53564