republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-12.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION AND THE DELAWARE STUDENT EXCELLENCE EQUALS DEGREE ACT.	The purpose of this act is to open up The Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree Act (SEED Act) to adult Delaware residents, who are not recent high school graduates. Currently, about 56% of Delawareans age 25-64 lack a post-secondary degree. This expansion of the SEED grant program will encourage adult learners to return to school to enhance their knowledge and skills and increase their job opportunities. Adult individuals with a high school diploma or less education were significantly impacted by Covid-19-related job loss. This legislation can help to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on those adults. Tennessee has instituted a similar program called the Tennessee Reconnect Act.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 12	Delaware SB 12 (151)	bill		enacted	Edward S. Osienski John L. Mitchell Kimberly Williams Larry Lambert Nicole Poore Stephanie L. Hansen Valerie Longhurst	2	13	2	2021-04-13	2021-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/5c3d9de5-2c8a-4f7d-ac6a-8a1497081e83	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58563	83317eede88938fd897012c4b097dbd697d6b3569be89f9c32976af75f364183	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 12 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION AND THE DELAWARE STUDENT EXCELLENCE EQUALS DEGREE ACT.

The purpose of this act is to open up The Delaware Student Excellence Equals Degree Act (SEED Act) to adult Delaware residents, who are not recent high school graduates. Currently, about 56% of Delawareans age 25-64 lack a post-secondary degree. This expansion of the SEED grant program will encourage adult learners to return to school to enhance their knowledge and skills and increase their job opportunities. Adult individuals with a high school diploma or less education were significantly impacted by Covid-19-related job loss. This legislation can help to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on those adults. Tennessee has instituted a similar program called the Tennessee Reconnect Act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 12 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 17–4 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-04-13 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-21 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-21 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO amendment-passage
• 2021-04-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO passage
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-04 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-10-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c3d9de5-2c8a-4f7d-ac6a-8a1497081e83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).