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legislation/us/states/de/149/hjr-3.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE STATE ESSA PLAN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE."
+description: "This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - “Every Student Succeeds Act” or “ESSA” – at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly prior to the completion of the state plan and it’s submission to the federal Department of Education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HJR 3"
+citation: "Delaware HJR 3 (149)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13faf239-736c-4c7a-8aa7-2c30022cfa35"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25377"
+source_hash: "c287f5f5b98536d8d74d03883a43db725ff03c6c0b7e7369079edcb32e250b79"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HJR 3 (149) — DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE STATE ESSA PLAN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE.
+
+This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - “Every Student Succeeds Act” or “ESSA” – at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly prior to the completion of the state plan and it’s submission to the federal Department of Education.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25377&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR3)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-24** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-01-24** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13faf239-736c-4c7a-8aa7-2c30022cfa35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+