republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-346.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION.	This Act establishes the High Needs Educator Student Loan Payment Program. The Program allows qualified applicants to apply for a payment from the State to the applicant’s lending agency, to pay a portion of the applicant’s student loan debt. The purpose of the Program is to encourage Educators to work and remain working in certification areas in which Delaware has a shortage and to encourage Educators to work and remain working in Delaware’s hardest-to-staff Schools. The amount of the award shall be no less than $1000 and no more than $2000. This substitute redesignates the chapter where this language will be placed in the code.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 346	Delaware HB 346 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Charles Potter Jr. David Bentz Earl G. Jaques Jr. Joseph E. Miro	1	12	2	2018-04-12	2018-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/ecd1494d-66b5-44f4-9124-6f915913b922	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26481	2fd79f543d441092ea2e8f1c13cc5db5b9a4e4ab9c79033f69f1cf614c8f6451	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 346 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION.

This Act establishes the High Needs Educator Student Loan Payment Program. The Program allows qualified applicants to apply for a payment from the State to the applicant’s lending agency, to pay a portion of the applicant’s student loan debt. The purpose of the Program is to encourage Educators to work and remain working in certification areas in which Delaware has a shortage and to encourage Educators to work and remain working in Delaware’s hardest-to-staff Schools. The amount of the award shall be no less than $1000 and no more than $2000. This substitute redesignates the chapter where this language will be placed in the code.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–1 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-12 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 346, and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-19 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-12 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2018-06-12 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-13 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-09-05 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ecd1494d-66b5-44f4-9124-6f915913b922. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).