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SB 159 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOL AUDITS.

Summary
This Act authorizes the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Department, or General Assembly to request, and requires the Auditor of Accounts conduct or contract for, an audit of a charter school's business and financial transactions, records, and accounts in certain circumstances. Such a request must be based on evidence of misuse of State money or a violation of the following State law, or regulation promulgated under the State law: (1) Part I of Title 11 (relating to the Delaware Criminal Code). (2) Chapter 5 of Title 14 (relating to charter schools). (3) Subchapter I of Chapter 58 of Title 29 (relating to the State employees’, officers’, and officials’ code of conduct). (4) Chapter 69 of Title 29 (relating to State procurement). In addition, this Act makes clear that the Auditor of Accounts may not charge for an audit conducted or contracted for under this Act.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 18, 2019 Last action Jun 25, 2019
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Amendments
3
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
Jun 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 6 NO 2 ABSENT
upper
Jun 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SA 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 159 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 159 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
upper
2 primary · 16 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
P
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
Co
AL
Andria L. Bennett
DDemocratic
DE
32
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
DE
7
Co
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Mike Smith
Mike Smith
RRepublican
DE
22