Delaware House Bill 441 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on August 4 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-04 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides an alternative means for an educator to demonstrate competency and achieve a standard certificate beyond simply passing a content exam, such as the Praxis II. For those who are within 2 standard errors of measurement of the passing score, a certificate will be issued if the applicant has either (i) a GPA of 3.5 or higher; or (ii) a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 and demonstrated competency through micro-credentialing, successful completion of a residency, or passing scores on performance assessments. Special education, administrator, and specialist certifications are not available through this alternate measure.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Educator Licensure And Certification.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]

2022-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-14 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-04		Signed by Governor
2022-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2022-06-14		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2022-06-14		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109577
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109577&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB441
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53434
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53794