republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-433.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, EVALUATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS.	This Act expands the pathways to entering an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program (“ARTC”) casting a wider net in order to attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates into the field of education as the need for teachers, particularly in critical needs areas, has increased. It also clarifies district and charter school responsibilities and ARTC program provider responsibilities, to assure proper supports are in place. Under this Act, attainment of final licensure and certification is contingent on meeting all ARTC program requirements, demonstrating effective teaching based on a state-approved evaluation system, and attaining passing scores on applicable and available approved content readiness exams and a performance assessment. These exit requirements hold ARTC participants to the same high standards for final licensure and certification as those entering the field from a typical teacher pre-service program.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 433	Delaware HB 433 (149)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Kimberly Williams	1	7	2	2018-05-30	2018-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/2ac09368-f1da-46da-a212-643cc8e2e336	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26726	8a7edb6b30c4e69462a8688fe80b5a15c9041a0d3d11f3fb4f466520a3fbc464	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 433 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, EVALUATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS.

This Act expands the pathways to entering an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program (“ARTC”) casting a wider net in order to attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates into the field of education as the need for teachers, particularly in critical needs areas, has increased. It also clarifies district and charter school responsibilities and ARTC program provider responsibilities, to assure proper supports are in place. Under this Act, attainment of final licensure and certification is contingent on meeting all ARTC program requirements, demonstrating effective teaching based on a state-approved evaluation system, and attaining passing scores on applicable and available approved content readiness exams and a performance assessment. These exit requirements hold ARTC participants to the same high standards for final licensure and certification as those entering the field from a typical teacher pre-service program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-30 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-13 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-06-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ac09368-f1da-46da-a212-643cc8e2e336. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).