Delaware House Bill 100 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-11)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-28 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines mental health services as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Free Public Schools.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Bush [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]
Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Charles Postles [R]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]
Rep. Bryan Shupe [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-28		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2019-03-27		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits
2019-03-19		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47233
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47233&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB100