republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-143.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE.	This Act removes the provisional license and re-establishes a 3 tiered licensure system. An initial license provides for two years for the initial licensee to obtain a passing score on an approved performance assessment. This Act provides for reciprocity for a state-created and approved performance assessment from another state or jurisdiction to meet the performance assessment requirement. This Act also eliminates the general knowledge exam for licensure which will result in a savings to the candidate of a range of $100 to $150. Additionally, this Act provides for a reimbursement of no less than $100 to a license holder who meets the performance assessment requirement and becomes employed in a Delaware public school. The Department will be responsible for training local district and school staff on the performance assessment. Additionally, the Department of Education leadership, including the Secretary of Education will be trained on the performance assessment.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 143	Delaware HB 143 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn David P. Sokola Jeff N. Spiegelman Kimberly Williams Lyndon D. Yearick	1	9	2	2017-05-17	2017-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/b3d157e4-4687-4bba-87bc-d3d621e476d5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25804	2245a97d78cb7e44e2e93850963dbf98c469da0b63b0ad52c994d6572a08f356	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 143 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE.

This Act removes the provisional license and re-establishes a 3 tiered licensure system. An initial license provides for two years for the initial licensee to obtain a passing score on an approved performance assessment. This Act provides for reciprocity for a state-created and approved performance assessment from another state or jurisdiction to meet the performance assessment requirement. This Act also eliminates the general knowledge exam for licensure which will result in a savings to the candidate of a range of $100 to $150. Additionally, this Act provides for a reimbursement of no less than $100 to a license holder who meets the performance assessment requirement and becomes employed in a Delaware public school. The Department will be responsible for training local district and school staff on the performance assessment. Additionally, the Department of Education leadership, including the Secretary of Education will be trained on the performance assessment.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–1 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-17 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 143, and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-01 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-08 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-09 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3d157e4-4687-4bba-87bc-d3d621e476d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).