Delaware House Bill 86

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-2)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-03-25 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides increased funding for kindergarten through third grade students identified as eligible for basic special education services. Currently, basic special education is provided for students in fourth through twelfth grade who are identified as eligible for basic special education and related services; there is no additional unit funding for students in kindergarten through third grade who may be eligible for basic special education services. The Act adds a designation of K-3 Basic Special Education (basic) and over three years reduces the number of students comprising a unit from the current 16.2 to 8.4.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Special Education Funding.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]
Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]
Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-25		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2021-03-17		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2021-01-27		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48341
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48341&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB86