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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS."
+description: "This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware middle schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2023, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 6-8 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades 6-8 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines “mental health services” as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 300"
+citation: "Delaware HB 300 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Michael F. Smith", "Sherae'a Moore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-11"
+last_action: "2022-08-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9e276cf-05d8-4ebf-9818-d698241c0f66"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79147"
+source_hash: "bc067607233031479f9b23c42beda1307068f87d85e6e55932ee8acdff7844d3"
+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 HB 300 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
+
+This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware middle schools. The unit is phased in over 3 years, beginning in FY2023, to arrive at a final ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades 6-8 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades 6-8 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines “mental health services” as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools.
+
+## 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=79147&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB300)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129776&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
+- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-11** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-19** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 300 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-06-16** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2022-06-16** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-22** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2022-08-03** 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/d9e276cf-05d8-4ebf-9818-d698241c0f66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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