Delaware Senate Bill 294

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-15 - Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act removes assigned salary schedules established for child care licensing specialists and child care licensing supervisors, who are employed through the Department of Education. By removing this language, the Department of Education will be able to provide equitable compensation to early childhood personnel within the Office of Child Care Licensing. Attracting and retaining employees is critical to ensure the States child care licensing system is sufficiently staffed. Currently, the statute prevents child care licensing specialists and child care licensing supervisors from equitable pay within the Department of Education, leading to high rates of turnover and inter-Department transfer. A lack of staffing limits the ability of the State to investigate complaints being made against child care centers.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Salary Schedules For Early Childhood Personnel.

Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-15		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2024-05-15		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2024-05-08		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141327
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141327&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB294