republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-148.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.	This Act creates the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity ("Consortium"), which replaces the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission ("WEIC"). The Consortium has multiple purposes. First, it will recommend policies and practices to the Governor, General Assembly, and Secretary of Education regarding educational equity and educational outcomes in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Second, the Consortium will monitor educational progress and outcomes for students in the City of Wilmington and for all low-income, English learners and at-risk students in northern New Castle County and report on the same. Third, the Consortium will make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding improvement in public education in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Fourth, it will evaluate the need for additional or alternative educational facilities in the City of Wilmington. Fifth, it will develop policy proposals to be introduced through legislation to improve teaching and learning in district and charter schools in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Sixth, it will develop a proposal for redistricting in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Seventh, it will research the viability of the New Castle County Tax District and Tax Pool. The Act specifies who will be appointed to the Consortium and how it will be staffed. Its first meeting must occur on or before September 1, 2019.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 148	Delaware SB 148 (150)	bill		enacted	Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha S. Elizabeth Lockman	3	9	2	2019-06-11	2019-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/a137b5af-b118-4df4-879a-5f1a98849926	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47676	72880eeae5b9f2e23342bedcc60131ca3687a734a98ea9150bf9c3652e8c25af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 148 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

This Act creates the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity ("Consortium"), which replaces the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission ("WEIC"). The Consortium has multiple purposes. First, it will recommend policies and practices to the Governor, General Assembly, and Secretary of Education regarding educational equity and educational outcomes in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Second, the Consortium will monitor educational progress and outcomes for students in the City of Wilmington and for all low-income, English learners and at-risk students in northern New Castle County and report on the same. Third, the Consortium will make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding improvement in public education in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Fourth, it will evaluate the need for additional or alternative educational facilities in the City of Wilmington. Fifth, it will develop policy proposals to be introduced through legislation to improve teaching and learning in district and charter schools in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Sixth, it will develop a proposal for redistricting in the City of Wilmington and northern New Castle County. Seventh, it will research the viability of the New Castle County Tax District and Tax Pool. The Act specifies who will be appointed to the Consortium and how it will be staffed. Its first meeting must occur on or before September 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 148 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 2 to SB 148 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-11 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-18 Amendment SA 1 to SB 148 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2019-06-18 Amendment SA 2 to SB 148 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2019-06-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-19 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a137b5af-b118-4df4-879a-5f1a98849926. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).