Delaware House Bill 480 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Passed on August 25 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-08-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act amends the Delaware Code relating to financial assistance for education in order to promote and support the states high demand career fields and reduce student debt for Delaware residents. The Act clarifies the Delaware Higher Education Offices role in administering programs. Professional incentive scholarship loan programs will generally be replaced with the career-based scholarship program and the educator support scholarship and mental health services scholarship programs will be established. In addition, a loan repayment program is created for speech-language pathology and mental health professions to attract and retain these professionals in Delaware schools. Career-based and educator support scholarships will be made to Delaware students who intend to pursue careers in specific fields identified as areas of need in Delaware. Academic scholarships will be awarded to Delaware students in memory of elected officials and other distinguished citizens. Need-based scholarships will be awarded to Delaware students so that they will not be denied the opportunity of an education because of financial need.

An Act To Amend Titles 14, 16, 29, And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Financial Assistance For Education.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]
Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]

2022-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-08-25		Signed by Governor
2022-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-21		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2022-06-21		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits
2022-06-10		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129679
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129679&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB480
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53598
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53863