republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-42.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EDUCATOR EVALUATION SYSTEM.	This Act suspends the educator evaluation system during the 2020-2021 school year and replaces it with an observation and feedback cycle that provides educators with coaching and support related to hybrid and remote learning practices. This Act provides for all of the following during the observation and feedback cycle:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 42	Delaware SB 42 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Debra Heffernan John L. Mitchell Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Michael Ramone Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean Matthews Sherae'a Moore Valerie Longhurst William Bush	1	7	2	2021-01-20	2021-02-16	openstates	ocd-bill/222cf701-4f11-4a65-8621-d860d3048f2c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48313	57151341f758c34de40662a4d27d20e4d6a30708ab0cc277ba6282baaa2bbfb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 42 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EDUCATOR EVALUATION SYSTEM.

This Act suspends the educator evaluation system during the 2020-2021 school year and replaces it with an observation and feedback cycle that provides educators with coaching and support related to hybrid and remote learning practices. This Act provides for all of the following during the observation and feedback cycle:

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 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-20 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-01-22 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-02-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/222cf701-4f11-4a65-8621-d860d3048f2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).