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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION. | This Act provides an alternative means for an educator to demonstrate competency and achieve a standard certificate beyond simply passing a content exam, such as the Praxis II. For those who are within 2 standard errors of measurement of the passing score, a certificate will be issued if the applicant has either (i) a GPA of 3.5 or higher; or (ii) a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 and demonstrated competency through micro-credentialing, successful completion of a residency, or passing scores on performance assessments. Special education, administrator, and specialist certifications are not available through this alternate measure. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 441 | Delaware HB 441 (151) |
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1 | 7 | 2 | 2022-06-02 | 2022-08-04 | openstates | ocd-bill/76a04d49-890f-4d15-a1e1-6ed68d8d93d0 | https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109577 | 6a8a2d3fe04c7dbe0d8824f57af55319fbe40fceb81c65f6d72d2689371068da | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Delaware HB 441 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION.
This Act provides an alternative means for an educator to demonstrate competency and achieve a standard certificate beyond simply passing a content exam, such as the Praxis II. For those who are within 2 standard errors of measurement of the passing score, a certificate will be issued if the applicant has either (i) a GPA of 3.5 or higher; or (ii) a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 and demonstrated competency through micro-credentialing, successful completion of a residency, or passing scores on performance assessments. Special education, administrator, and specialist certifications are not available through this alternate measure.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2022-06-14 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2022-08-04 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76a04d49-890f-4d15-a1e1-6ed68d8d93d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).