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SB 156 Delaware Senate · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Summary
Under the current salary scale for teachers, if a permitted paraprofessional in a school wishes to become a certified teacher in the same school, they may have to take a pay cut to do so. This Act provides teachers who previously worked as paraprofessionals in the schools to receive partial credit towards their experience on the teacher salary scale for their time working within the schools as paraprofessionals.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Aug 2023
Introduced Jun 1, 2023 Signed Aug 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2023 · House Jun 30, 2023

How they voted

20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 8, 2023
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican6
6 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Aug 9, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 8, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
Jun 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 7 Favorable
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
upper
15 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
P
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
P
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
P
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
P
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
P
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Mike Smith
Mike Smith
RRepublican
DE
22
P
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
P
Photo of Russ Huxtable
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
DE
37
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3