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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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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.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 410 (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).