Delaware Senate Bill 234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 11 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-07-11 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Currently, the ability of the Department to take licensure action (i.e., suspension, revocation, limitation) is, in certain cases, contingent upon the public school employer first taking employment action (i.e., dismissal, termination). The Department believes that its ability, as the agency issuing professional teaching credentials to educators, to undertake licensure action should be separate from any action by the public school employer. Further, the Department seeks to expand the circumstances in which the Secretary may automatically suspend teaching credentials, specifically to include situations involving felony crimes against a children or where there is a clear and immediate danger to student safety or welfare.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Chapter 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Limitation, Suspension And Revocation Of Educator Licenses.

Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]
Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2018-06-28 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-06-14 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-11		Signed by Governor
2018-06-28		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2018-06-20		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits
2018-06-15		Assigned to Education Committee in House
2018-06-14		Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT
2018-06-14		Lifted From Table in Senate
2018-06-13		Laid On Table in Senate
2018-06-13		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2018-06-07		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26787
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26787&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB234
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#29849
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#30177