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SB 56 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FUNDING.

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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Jan 28, 2021 Signed Jun 30, 2021
Floor votes · House May 13, 2021

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 30, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
upper
4 primary · 30 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
P
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
P
Photo of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
DDemocratic
DE
1
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Bryan Shupe
Bryan Shupe
RRepublican
DE
36
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27