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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE."
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description: "Enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act amended the Individuals with Disability Education Act (“IDEA”) by mandating that special education teachers must have obtained full certification and may not be working under emergency certifications. The Delaware Department of Education must stop issuing emergency certifications in special education in order for for the State to continue receiving $36 million in federal IDEA funding for our schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 286"
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citation: "Delaware HB 286 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-04"
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last_action: "2018-01-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da99bf20-a234-4284-8c35-1a4eb2086dd3"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26229"
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source_hash: "29203e482f96f17912d971eb1fa861e092dbbf01caf4238e43b59419253a047f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 286 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE.
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Enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act amended the Individuals with Disability Education Act (“IDEA”) by mandating that special education teachers must have obtained full certification and may not be working under emergency certifications. The Delaware Department of Education must stop issuing emergency certifications in special education in order for for the State to continue receiving $36 million in federal IDEA funding for our schools.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26229&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB286)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-04** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 286 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 286 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-01-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-01-23** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-01-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da99bf20-a234-4284-8c35-1a4eb2086dd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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