Delaware Senate Bill 311

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on September 19 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-09-19 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill creates new subsections in Section 507(c) of Title 14 of the Delaware Code to define the licensure and certification requirements more clearly within Chapter 5 of Title 14 and provides the ability for charter schools to hire the administrators that they deem beneficial to the success of the schools education program and the needs of students and staff. To that end, the bill defines Instructional Administrator and Non-instructional Administrator at a charter school. The bill clarifies that all Instructional Administrators at charter schools must be licensed and certified as administrators while Non-instructional Administrators do not. The bill also exempts the charter school administrator who reports directly to the Charter Board of Directors from the licensure and certification requirement and allows a charter school to request permission from the charter authorizer to hire an additional unlicensed and uncertified administrator.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.

Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]

2024-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-06-26 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-06-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-09-19		Signed by Governor
2024-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-06-26		Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
2024-06-26		Amendment HA 1 to SB 311 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2024-06-26		Amendment HA 1 to SB 311 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2024-06-20		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2024-06-14		Re-Assigned to Education Committee in House
2024-06-13		Assigned to Administration Committee in House
2024-06-13		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-06-12		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2024-05-21		Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

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Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#56332