Delaware Senate Bill 227

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 29 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-21 - Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act creates dedicated information technology units for Delaware public schools. Currently, the State does not provide funding units for information technology employees, leaving districts and charter schools to finance these positions from a variety of funding streams. Information technology personnel are paid across various scales, including the salary scales for educators, custodians, and paraprofessionals. This creates inconsistency and impacts schools ability to hire other personnel such as teachers and counselors. For example, if a school or district funds an information technology position using the same unit that funds teacher salaries, that is one less teacher that the district or school can hire. This Act, which stems from the Public Education Compensation Committees October 2023 recommendations, prevents this scenario and ensures consistent funding for information technology staff at salary levels that are competitive regionally. This Act is effective July 1, 2025.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Information Technology Staff In Schools.

Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-21		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2024-03-20		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2024-02-29		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140937
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140937&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB227