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HCR56 - Acknowledging June 2023 As Lgbtq+ Pride Month In Delaware.
Eric A. Morrison, Sarah McBride, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution acknowledges June 2023 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB187 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Education.
Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend, Kimberly Williams
Last updated 3 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act ensures that educators hired after the effective date of this Act, who earned graduate degrees prior to becoming educators, receive credit on the salary schedule for those degrees regardless of the specific subject area of those degrees. Once an individual is employed as an educator, in order to receive credit for any graduate degrees earned after that time, such degree must be in the subject area in which the educator is employed.
STATUS
Passed
HB83 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Oral Health Screenings.
Kimberly Williams, Sarah McBride, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy of the oral health screening results sent home. A referral to a dentist, if required, will be provided by the Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services. The Division of Public Health (DPH), through the Delaware Smile Check Program, offers school-based oral screenings, at no cost to the school districts, schools, including charter schools, or the students. This Substitute Bill takes out the requirement to advise teachers of the results of the oral health screenings, including Special Education Coordinators and Educational Diagnosticians of students with an IEP. This Substitute Bill also removes any follow-up requirements, by the school, with the students parent or guardian. The Substitute Bill also makes the school requirements, under this Act, contingent on the Delaware Smile Check Program remaining in effect or a comparable program to provide free oral health screenings to all enrolled kindergarten students. This Act takes effect for the 2024-2025 school year.
STATUS
Passed
HCR32 - Recognizing April 4, 2023, As Delta Day At The Delaware Capital.
Stephanie T. Bolden, Darius Brown, Stell Parker Parker Selby
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the contributions of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. chapters in the State of Delaware and declares April 4, 2023, to be Delta Day at the Delaware Capital.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Mental Health Services For School Trauma.
Valerie J. Longhurst, Laura Sturgeon, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Act is Nolans Law. The purpose of this legislation is to provide more behavioral health supports to school districts and charter schools in the aftermath of a school-connected traumatic event, which is defined as the death of any student, educator, administrator, or other building employee of a public school.
STATUS
Passed
HB5 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Reimbursement Of School-based Behavioral Health Services.
Valerie J. Longhurst, Nicole Poore, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated 4 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
The States Medicaid Plan still limits the reimbursement of Medicaid-covered, school-based behavioral health services to those provided under an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), despite federal policy changes that allow for these services to be provided as a medical necessity without IEP or IFSP documentation. This bill would charge the Department of Health & Social Services to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a State Plan Amendment that would allow for reimbursement of medically necessary behavioral health services without IEP or IFSP documentation. Local education agencies must use the reimbursed funds to further invest in school-based behavioral health supports.
STATUS
Passed
HB138 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Teacher Apprenticeships.
Kimberly Williams, Laura Sturgeon, Bryan Townsend
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Act establishes a Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to be developed by the Department of Education. The Department of Education will work with the Department of Labor to create a program that places aspiring teachers in paid positions in schools, while the teacher candidates complete the training and schooling necessary to become a Delaware credentialed teacher. This program will complement the Grow Your Own Educator Program and teacher residency programs to create a low-cost pathway for aspiring teachers to earn their teaching credentials and will address the educator shortage in Delaware.
STATUS
Passed
HB88 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Candidacy For School Board Member.
Paul S. Baumbach, Laura Sturgeon, Brian Guy Pettyjohn
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Under Senate Substitute No. 2 for Senate Bill No. 78 (151st), the Commissioner of Elections (Commissioner) must determine that an individual does not have any disqualifying convictions before the individual can be a candidate for election to a school board. This Act clarifies that an individual who meets the filing deadline for candidates for a school board election are provisional candidates until the Commissioner determines if the individual is eligible to be a candidate and requires the Commissioner to disclose the names of provisional candidates.
STATUS
Passed
SCR24 - Recognizing April 2 Through 8, 2023, As "week Of The Young Child" In Delaware.
Kyle Evans Gay, Sherae'a A. Moore, Michael F. Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes April 2 through 8, 2023, as Week of the Young Child in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR32 - Proclaiming April 2023 As "second Chance Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Darius Brown, Franklin D. Cooke, Eric Buckson
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution proclaims April 2023 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
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