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HB 15 Delaware House · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.

Summary
This bill creates a requirement that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall offer at least one computer science course at the high school level by the 2020-2021 school year. Also, this bill creates a requirement that, by the 2018-2019 school year, a computer science course may satisfy one year of the total credit requirement in mathematics, excluding Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II or the equivalent courses. The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines addressing how computer science courses can satisfy graduation requirements.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
House Passage
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Sep 2017
Introduced Jan 5, 2017 Signed Sep 22, 2017
Floor votes · House Jan 24, 2017

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Sep 22, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 4, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
Mar 29, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 12 YES 5 NO 4 ABSENT
upper
Mar 29, 2017
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to HB 15 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT
upper
Mar 28, 2017
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to HB 15 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Mar 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable
upper
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
upper
Jan 24, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Jan 18, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
lower
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 11 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
HB
Harris B. McDowell
DDemocratic
DE
1
P
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
Co
BH
Bryon H. Short
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
DH
Deborah Hudson
RRepublican
DE
12
Co
EG
Earl G. Jaques Jr.
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
FG
F. Gary Simpson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
HM
Helene M. Keeley
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Stephanie Bolden
Stephanie Bolden
DDemocratic
DE
2