SB 82

  • Delaware Senate Bill
  • 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)
  • Introduced in Senate Jun 17, 2021
  • Passed Senate Jun 10, 2021
  • Passed House Jun 29, 2021
  • Signed by Governor Oct 20, 2021

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public School Registration.

Abstract

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 82. Like Senate Bill 82, this Substitute does all of the following: (1) Codifies the Department of Education’s (“Department”) current efforts to establish a uniform public school registration process and requires that, beginning with the 2023 through 2024 school year, all public schools shall use the uniform public school registration process. This registration process will simplify the process for families, enable public schools to engage with families and plan in advance of the school year, and integrate data systems to eliminate duplication of effort. (2) Requires the uniform public school registration process to be Internet-based and in paper form and in English and Spanish and may be in other languages. This Act also requires that certain information must be provided in the process and that the Internet-based uniform public school registration process must include certain features. (3)Requires the Department to provide training to certain school district and charter school employees regarding the uniform public school registration process and issue guidelines for privacy of information submitted as part of the registration process. (4) Requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly, no later than March 14, 2022, on the Department’s ability to connect the Internet-based uniform public school registration process to other Internet-based systems that are used to collect student data by the State; the Department; a licensed child care provider, including Head Start; or a public school serving preschool through age 21. This Substitute differs from Senate Bill No. 82 by doing all of the following: (1) Clarifying that a student must be registered in the student’s school district of residence before being eligible for the school choice process. (2) Requiring a public school be certified as completing training from the Department on the uniform public school registration process before providing paper forms as part of the in-person registration process. (3) Requiring the Department to provide uniform information about the uniform public school registration process to public schools and requiring the public schools to post the information on the school’s website and in other publications. (4) Requiring a public school to provide a parent with certain information after the parent completes the registration process, including the public school and school in which the child is enrolled.

Bill Sponsors (15)

Votes


Jun 29, 2021

Jun 10, 2021

Actions


Oct 20, 2021

Office of the Governor

Signed by Governor

Jun 29, 2021

House

Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES

Senate

Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

Jun 21, 2021

House

Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Appropriations

Jun 17, 2021

House

Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Appropriations

Jun 16, 2021

House

Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Education

Jun 11, 2021

House

Assigned to Education Committee in House

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Education

Jun 10, 2021

Senate

Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
  • Committee-Passage-Unfavorable
Finance

Senate

Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO

Senate

Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

Senate

Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

Jun 09, 2021

Senate

Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

May 18, 2021

Senate

Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Education

Senate

Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 82, and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Education

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
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SA 1 to SS 1 for SB 82 HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Note PDF

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