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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines “mental health services” as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 100 | Delaware HB 100 (151) |
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Delaware HB 100 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines “mental health services” as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-28 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-11 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-04-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 100 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2021-06-03 Amendment HA 2 to HB 100 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2021-06-04 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-08 Suspension of Rules in House
- 2021-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 100 - Stricken
- 2021-06-08 Amendment HA 2 to HB 100 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2021-06-08 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2021-06-08 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2021-08-19 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5538237-f213-41c8-b424-9e147c9febd5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).