Delaware House Bill 396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-05-11 - Tabled in Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

It has been the case for several decades that when a juvenile is arrested or charged with certain crimes, the child's school is notified with an "Attorney General's letter" regardless of whether the crime occurred on school property or had anything at all to do with school. Children can then face disciplinary consequences in school, including being placed in an alternative setting, or even expelled. Since they face consequences in the justice system, this creates the possibility of double punishment.

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

Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-05-11		Tabled in Committee
2022-04-28		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109400
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109400&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB396