Delaware Senate Bill 18 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-7)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act requires public schools to begin their school year after Labor Day. There have been many economic impact reports done that show a positive impact from starting public schools after Labor Day. A report by the Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association estimates that $369 million would be lost if schools were not required to start after Labor Day. This includes $104 million in wages and $21 million in state and local taxes. Maryland is considering similar legislation. A study of Maryland found that pushing the start of school back would generate $74.3 million in economic activity and $7.7 million in new state and local tax revenue.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Requiring That Each School Year Begin After Labor Day.

Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]
Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]
Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. William Outten [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25410
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25410&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB18