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SB227 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Information Technology Staff In Schools.
Laura Sturgeon, Cyndie Romer, William G. Bush
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
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.
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Introduced
SCR128 - Recognizing Christian Holy Week And Passover In The State Of Delaware.
Bryant L. Richardson, Timothy D. Dukes, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes Christian Holy Week and Passover in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HCR108 - Designating April 24, 2024, As "4-h Day" In The State Of Delaware.
Timothy D. Dukes, David G. Lawson, David L. Wilson
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution designates April 24, 2024, as "4-H Day" in the State of Delaware and calls upon Delaware's citizens to recognize the many contributions of the State's 4-H programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR146 - Recognizing The 80th Anniversary Of The Sussex Conservation District.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Russ Huxtable, Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the 80th Anniversary of the Sussex Conservation District and its commitment to provide technical guidance and financial assistance to enhance, maintain, protect, and improve land and water resources.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB364 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Cancer Coverage.
Cyndie Romer, Nicole Poore, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated 4 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires that individual, blanket, and group health insurance carriers cover drug treatment for the associated conditions of metastatic cancer in the same way treatment for metastatic cancer is covered. Specifically, it requires insurance companies to cover any FDA approved drug prescribed to treat the side effects of metastatic cancer treatment and prohibits insurance companies from mandating that patients first fail to respond to a different drug or prove a history of failure of such drug. Technical changes are also made to comply with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Passed
SB260 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Department Of Education And The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Nicole Poore, Eric Buckson, Valerie J. Longhurst
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. The current process for promulgating DIAA-related regulations grants the regulatory authority to the Department of Education ("Department") which is, in turn, required to delegate its authority to the DIAA. The current process also requires steps in addition to the regulatory process already required under the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29. The additional process encumbers the DIAA's ability to make changes to regulations with the speed and flexibility often needed in the regulation of interscholastic athletics.
STATUS
Passed
SB259 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Nicole Poore, Eric Buckson, Valerie J. Longhurst
Last updated about 2 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a result of the Delaware Interscholastic Association ("DIAA") Task Force. Based on the findings of the task force, this Act updates and modernizes the DIAA Board of Directors' composition. This Act also makes technical corrections that conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Passed
HCR114 - Recognizing The Month Of April 2024 As "national Donate Life Month" In Delaware.
Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Russ Huxtable, Melissa Minor-Brown
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution recognizes the month of April 2024 as "National Donate Life Month" in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB200 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School-based Mental Health Services.
Valerie J. Longhurst, Marie Pinkney, Debra J. Heffernan
Last updated 3 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware high schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2024, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 9-12 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 9-12 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines mental health services as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in high schools. Mental Health disorders are the most common health problem for school aged youth. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one in five youth are affected by a mental health disorder. Additionally, 50% of lifetime mental illnesses begin by age 14. Untreated mental illness leads to negative outcomes including increased risk of dropout, homelessness, substance abuse, other chronic illnesses, incarceration, and possibly suicide. According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, ninety percent of people who have taken their own life have had an underlying mental health condition, and suicides are on the rise. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suicides are now the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-14. Delaware schools need trained and experienced mental health professionals to provide prevention and support programs and services to students. This bill will lower ratios of students to counselors and increase access to mental health services for high school students. Districts and charters should prioritize the hiring of school counselors who provide mental health services over those who provide career counseling.
STATUS
Passed
SB281 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Nicole Poore, Eric Buckson, Valerie J. Longhurst
Last updated 4 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a result of the work of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Task Force (Task Force). The 152nd Delaware General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 establishing the Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations to best address the needs of student athletes and ensure DIAAs effective and efficient functioning. The Task Force met over 8 months to discuss the most pressing issues facing DIAA. This Act addresses one of the identified issues: the waiver process when a student transfers from one school to another and wishes to play interscholastic athletics.
STATUS
Passed
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