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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSES FOR DEPLOYED ACTIVE DUTY, ACTIVATED RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY PERSONNEL. | This Act establishes a period of time when a license for a nonpublic school teacher, specialist, or administrator employed by this State and for a public education employee, i.e., a Department of Education employee, adult education employee, and prison education employee, does not expire. The Act defers the expiration of the license for an individual who is or is the spouse of active-duty military, is or is the spouse of a member of the National Guard, is or is the spouse of an individual in the military reserve, and for an individual who is or is the spouse of retired military. The Act provides that a license does not expire for 180 days after the date the individual or the individual’s spouse returns from active deployment if the person or the person’s spouse holds an initial license and for 270 days after return from active deployment if the person or the person’s spouse holds a continuing or advanced license. This does not apply to public school educators who are licensed and certified in accordance with subchapters II and III of Title14. This Act also replaces the Associate Secretary, Administration and Innovation with the Associate Secretary, Educator Support throughout Section 121. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 318 | Delaware HB 318 (151) |
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Delaware HB 318 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSES FOR DEPLOYED ACTIVE DUTY, ACTIVATED RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY PERSONNEL.
This Act establishes a period of time when a license for a nonpublic school teacher, specialist, or administrator employed by this State and for a public education employee, i.e., a Department of Education employee, adult education employee, and prison education employee, does not expire. The Act defers the expiration of the license for an individual who is or is the spouse of active-duty military, is or is the spouse of a member of the National Guard, is or is the spouse of an individual in the military reserve, and for an individual who is or is the spouse of retired military. The Act provides that a license does not expire for 180 days after the date the individual or the individual’s spouse returns from active deployment if the person or the person’s spouse holds an initial license and for 270 days after return from active deployment if the person or the person’s spouse holds a continuing or advanced license. This does not apply to public school educators who are licensed and certified in accordance with subchapters II and III of Title14. This Act also replaces the Associate Secretary, Administration and Innovation with the Associate Secretary, Educator Support throughout Section 121.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-03-03 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-03-23 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-05-03 Amendment HA 1 to HB 318 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2022-05-03 Amendment HA 1 to HB 318 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2022-05-03 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2022-05-03 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-05-11 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2022-10-26 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c4d3c88-e0db-4818-a543-2c8c15dc8a1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).