republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-88.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARIES FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.	This Act allows for juniors and seniors majoring in education at a Delaware college or university to be paid $83 per day as substitute teachers, the same rate paid to those who hold a bachelor's degree but not a teaching license. This will encourage education students to gain some field experience, while also incentivizing a larger pool of potential substitute teachers to address a growing difficulty in finding qualified, reliable substitute teachers for our schools.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 88	Delaware HB 88 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Sean Matthews	1	9	2	2017-03-23	2018-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/cd86d274-26eb-457e-85e1-d61d4a310eab	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25521	9cfb6b0d6e1c21a510ea4b4256d571d50c675bad09008cbd085b843967ea4d29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 88 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARIES FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

This Act allows for juniors and seniors majoring in education at a Delaware college or university to be paid $83 per day as substitute teachers, the same rate paid to those who hold a bachelor's degree but not a teaching license. This will encourage education students to gain some field experience, while also incentivizing a larger pool of potential substitute teachers to address a growing difficulty in finding qualified, reliable substitute teachers for our schools.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-23 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-05-02 Amendment HA 1 to HB 88 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 88 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-12 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-03-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-03-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd86d274-26eb-457e-85e1-d61d4a310eab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).