---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISHING THE DELAWARE JUVENILE JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL TRANSITIONS TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RE-ENTRY INTO COMMUNITY-BASED SCHOOLS AFTER INCARCERATION."
description: "This Senate Joint Resolution establishes the Juvenile Justice Educational Transitions Task Force to propose a plan to ensure more successful transitions of youth from Delaware’s secured post-adjudicatory residential placement back into middle school or high school, including consideration of a new educational facility specifically targeted at transition of those youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SJR 11"
citation: "Delaware SJR 11 (153)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-12"
last_action: "2025-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c7ff177-0734-4a46-ab5c-79fc2cfbdbe6"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142528"
source_hash: "cb4f384e52b6cf7ac82fea23cec01353874ddbd92471260403988c27aaa51b6d"
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 SJR 11 (153) — ESTABLISHING THE DELAWARE JUVENILE JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL TRANSITIONS TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RE-ENTRY INTO COMMUNITY-BASED SCHOOLS AFTER INCARCERATION.

This Senate Joint Resolution establishes the Juvenile Justice Educational Transitions Task Force to propose a plan to ensure more successful transitions of youth from Delaware’s secured post-adjudicatory residential placement back into middle school or high school, including consideration of a new educational facility specifically targeted at transition of those youth.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SA 1 to SJR 11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142535&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-12** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** Amendment SA 1 to SJR 11 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-17** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2025-06-17** Amendment SA 1 to SJR 11 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-18** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-07-21** 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/8c7ff177-0734-4a46-ab5c-79fc2cfbdbe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).