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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO YEAR-LONG TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. | Year-long teacher residency programs are a partnership between an educator preparation program and a Delaware school district or charter school to provide a year-long immersive experience for teacher candidates, allowing them a full and supported, on the ground experience of teaching in a Delaware school. The teacher resident also receives a stipend while participating in the program, which may be used to defray education and living expenses. These programs are the gold standard for teacher preparation and they assist in attracting and retaining quality, diverse educators. For the last several years, the General Assembly has appropriated funds in the annual budget to support and sustain these programs. This bill codifies the program and establishes guidelines for how and when the funds will be awarded and what they may be used for. The Department of Education continues to be charged with administration of the funds. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 178 | Delaware HB 178 (151) |
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Delaware HB 178 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO YEAR-LONG TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAMS.
Year-long teacher residency programs are a partnership between an educator preparation program and a Delaware school district or charter school to provide a year-long immersive experience for teacher candidates, allowing them a full and supported, on the ground experience of teaching in a Delaware school. The teacher resident also receives a stipend while participating in the program, which may be used to defray education and living expenses. These programs are the gold standard for teacher preparation and they assist in attracting and retaining quality, diverse educators. For the last several years, the General Assembly has appropriated funds in the annual budget to support and sustain these programs. This bill codifies the program and establishes guidelines for how and when the funds will be awarded and what they may be used for. The Department of Education continues to be charged with administration of the funds.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-05-07 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-05-12 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-05-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 178 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2021-06-10 Amendment HA 1 to HB 178 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2021-06-10 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2021-06-10 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 - 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2021-08-09 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d98f2553-9fd9-420b-b70a-548603200d97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).