AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PREFERENCES IN STUDENT ADMISSIONS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Summary
This Act repeals the ability of a charter school to give preference in student admissions to students residing within a 5-mile radius of the school. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 10, 2021
Last action May 5, 2022
Floor votes · House May 5, 2022
How they voted
22–16
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 5, 2022
D
Democratic25
88% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
May 5, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
May 5, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 16 NO 2 ABSENT
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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