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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14, 16, 29, AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION. This Act amends the Delaware Code relating to financial assistance for education in order to promote and support the states high demand career fields and reduce student debt for Delaware residents. The Act clarifies the Delaware Higher Education Offices role in administering programs. Professional incentive scholarship loan programs will generally be replaced with the career-based scholarship program and the educator support scholarship and mental health services scholarship programs will be established. In addition, a loan repayment program is created for speech-language pathology and mental health professions to attract and retain these professionals in Delaware schools. Career-based and educator support scholarships will be made to Delaware students who intend to pursue careers in specific fields identified as areas of need in Delaware. Academic scholarships will be awarded to Delaware students in memory of elected officials and other distinguished citizens. Need-based scholarships will be awarded to Delaware students so that they will not be denied the opportunity of an education because of financial need. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 480 Delaware HB 480 (151)
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Valerie Longhurst
William Bush
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Delaware HB 480 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14, 16, 29, AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION.

This Act amends the Delaware Code relating to financial assistance for education in order to promote and support the states high demand career fields and reduce student debt for Delaware residents. The Act clarifies the Delaware Higher Education Offices role in administering programs. Professional incentive scholarship loan programs will generally be replaced with the career-based scholarship program and the educator support scholarship and mental health services scholarship programs will be established. In addition, a loan repayment program is created for speech-language pathology and mental health professions to attract and retain these professionals in Delaware schools. Career-based and educator support scholarships will be made to Delaware students who intend to pursue careers in specific fields identified as areas of need in Delaware. Academic scholarships will be awarded to Delaware students in memory of elected officials and other distinguished citizens. Need-based scholarships will be awarded to Delaware students so that they will not be denied the opportunity of an education because of financial need.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
  • William Bush — primary (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-06-10 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2022-06-21 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2022-08-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6471ac7-580f-42c4-9669-ae9dd08b57e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).