republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-178.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO YEAR-LONG TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAMS."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Delaware HB 178 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Kevin S Hensley", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Sherae'a Moore", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "William Bush"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-07"
last_action: "2021-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98f2553-9fd9-420b-b70a-548603200d97"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68678"
source_hash: "7ba344443a850b84c5f0f342acea56e902c1b84dbadb9e2057df3a4b7583eb3e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# 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.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=68678&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB178)
2. **HA 1 to HB 178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78752&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d98f2553-9fd9-420b-b70a-548603200d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).