SB 56 DE Became Law
AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FUNDING.
A state bill is a proposed law in a state legislature — separate from the U.S. Congress. Learn more →
Summary
This Act codifies the Opportunity Fund, an additional source of educational funding for Delaware public schools intended to support the increased needs of low income and English learner students, and establishes the parameters for how the funding is to be distributed to school districts and charter schools.
Sponsors (4)
- Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic · primary
- S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic · primary
- Kimberly Williams Democratic · primary
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Democratic · primary
31 coauthors / cosponsors
- Darius J. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- Bruce C. Ennis · cosponsor
- Kyle Evans Gay · cosponsor
- Stephanie L. Hansen Democratic · cosponsor
- Ernesto B. Lopez · cosponsor
- Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic · cosponsor
- Trey Paradee Democratic · cosponsor
- Marie Pinkney Democratic · cosponsor
- Nicole Poore Democratic · cosponsor
- David P. Sokola Democratic · cosponsor
- Bryan Townsend Democratic · cosponsor
- John "Jack" Walsh Democratic · cosponsor
- Paul S. Baumbach · cosponsor
- David Bentz · cosponsor
- Gerald L. Brady · cosponsor
- Ruth Briggs King · cosponsor
- William Bush Democratic · cosponsor
- Sherry Dorsey Walker · cosponsor
- Krista Griffith Democratic · cosponsor
- Debra Heffernan Democratic · cosponsor
- Kendra Johnson Democratic · cosponsor
- Larry Lambert Democratic · cosponsor
- Sean M. Lynn Democratic · cosponsor
- Sean Matthews · cosponsor
- Sherae'a Moore Democratic · cosponsor
- Eric Morrison Democratic · cosponsor
- Edward S. Osienski Democratic · cosponsor
- Michael Ramone · cosponsor
- Bryan W. Shupe Republican · cosponsor
- Michael F. Smith Republican · cosponsor
- Sarah McBride · cosponsor
Action history (8)
- Jan 28, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · upper
- Mar 10, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · upper
- Mar 11, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING · upper
- Mar 12, 2021 Assigned to Education Committee in House · lower
- Mar 24, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · lower
- May 7, 2021 Suspension of Rules in House · lower
- May 13, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT · lower
- Jun 30, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive
Text versions (2)
Full text
The full text hasn’t been imported yet. CivicGate fetches it from the state legislature’s published version documents — check now.
Comments
Data from OpenStates. View on OpenStates →
Comments