republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hjr-3.md

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Bill	DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE STATE ESSA PLAN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE.	This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - “Every Student Succeeds Act” or “ESSA” – at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly prior to the completion of the state plan and it’s submission to the federal Department of Education.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HJR 3	Delaware HJR 3 (149)	joint resolution		enacted	David P. Sokola Earl G. Jaques Jr.	1	7	2	2017-01-11	2017-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/13faf239-736c-4c7a-8aa7-2c30022cfa35	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25377	c287f5f5b98536d8d74d03883a43db725ff03c6c0b7e7369079edcb32e250b79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HJR 3 (149) — DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE STATE ESSA PLAN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE.

This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - “Every Student Succeeds Act” or “ESSA” – at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly prior to the completion of the state plan and it’s submission to the federal Department of Education.

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 — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-01-24 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-01-24 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-03-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2017-03-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13faf239-736c-4c7a-8aa7-2c30022cfa35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).