Delaware House Bill 374 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-28 - Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
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]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-28	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2016-05-10	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/eb04b18751bebc6e85257faf003cb6ac?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+374/$file/legis.html?open