Delaware House Bill 223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on June 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-13 - Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Since 1996, students across Delaware have participated in school choice. Currently, reorganized school districts, vocational technical school districts, and charter schools do not follow the same processes thus causing confusion and barriers for families seeking to access choice for their children. This Act aims to streamline the school choice process, making it easier and clearer for parents, guardians, and school administrators to navigate. This Act requires reorganized school districts, vocational-technical school districts, and charter schools to use a standard online application receipt and processing tool approved by the Department that is offered at no charge. It also clarifies that the application deadlines apply to all students, regardless of age or school. Additionally, it will prohibit schools from asking for additional information that does not directly pertain to an enrollment or program criterion. The bill will make the timing uniform for the ranked waitlist process. It aligns the sibling preference across all school types and eliminates the separate charter school April 1st enrollment requirement of 80% and moving to May 1st to allow for parents to make a final, informed decision. Under this bill, in the event of a mid-year termination of a pupils enrollment, the sending reorganized school district, vocational-technical school district, or charter school and the receiving reorganized school district, vocational-technical school district, or charter school shall enter into an agreement providing for the pro-ration of student funding based on a formula prescribed by the DDOE.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The School Districts, Vocational School Districts, Charter Schools And The School Choice Program.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-13		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47705
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47705&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB223