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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATION AND THE DELAWARE STUDENT EXCELLENCE EQUALS DEGREE ACT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 12"
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citation: "Delaware SB 12 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edward S. Osienski", "John L. Mitchell", "Kimberly Williams", "Larry Lambert", "Nicole Poore", "Stephanie L. Hansen", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-13"
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last_action: "2021-10-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c3d9de5-2c8a-4f7d-ac6a-8a1497081e83"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58563"
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source_hash: "83317eede88938fd897012c4b097dbd697d6b3569be89f9c32976af75f364183"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=389754)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68603&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–4** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-13** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-22** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 12 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-04** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-10-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c3d9de5-2c8a-4f7d-ac6a-8a1497081e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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