---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION."
description: "This Act provides an alternative means for an educator to demonstrate competency and achieve a standard certificate beyond simply passing a content exam, such as the Praxis II. For those who are within 2 standard errors of measurement of the passing score, a certificate will be issued if the applicant has either (i) a GPA of 3.5 or higher; or (ii) a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 and demonstrated competency through micro-credentialing, successful completion of a residency, or passing scores on performance assessments. Special education, administrator, and specialist certifications are not available through this alternate measure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 441"
citation: "Delaware HB 441 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-02"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a04d49-890f-4d15-a1e1-6ed68d8d93d0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109577"
source_hash: "6a8a2d3fe04c7dbe0d8824f57af55319fbe40fceb81c65f6d72d2689371068da"
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 441 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION.

This Act provides an alternative means for an educator to demonstrate competency and achieve a standard certificate beyond simply passing a content exam, such as the Praxis II. For those who are within 2 standard errors of measurement of the passing score, a certificate will be issued if the applicant has either (i) a GPA of 3.5 or higher; or (ii) a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 and demonstrated competency through micro-credentialing, successful completion of a residency, or passing scores on performance assessments. Special education, administrator, and specialist certifications are not available through this alternate measure.

## 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=109577&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB441)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-14** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-08-04** 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/76a04d49-890f-4d15-a1e1-6ed68d8d93d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).