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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.	This Act provides increased funding for kindergarten through third grade students identified as eligible for basic special education services. Currently, basic special education is provided for students in fourth through twelfth grade who are identified as eligible for basic special education and related services; there is no additional unit funding for students in kindergarten through third grade who may be eligible for basic special education services. The Act adds a designation of “K-3 Basic Special Education (basic)” and over three years reduces the number of students comprising a unit from the current 16.2 to 8.4.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 86	Delaware HB 86 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh John A. Kowalko John L. Mitchell Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Michael F. Smith Michael Ramone Nicole Poore Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean M. Lynn Sean Matthews Sherae'a Moore Stephanie T. Bolden Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush William J. Carson	1	12	2	2021-01-27	2021-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/630a1e42-9020-43c1-9b01-f839a999a3ad	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48341	672f5af0ed7d4e6929e397154cdafc422f169ebb01128f7c9d1d33ab3a720bd5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 86 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

This Act provides increased funding for kindergarten through third grade students identified as eligible for basic special education services. Currently, basic special education is provided for students in fourth through twelfth grade who are identified as eligible for basic special education and related services; there is no additional unit funding for students in kindergarten through third grade who may be eligible for basic special education services. The Act adds a designation of “K-3 Basic Special Education (basic)” and over three years reduces the number of students comprising a unit from the current 16.2 to 8.4.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — 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)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-04 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-04 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-10 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO 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
• 2021-06-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-07-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/630a1e42-9020-43c1-9b01-f839a999a3ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).