republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-65.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.	Senate Bill No. 65 establishes the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program ("FAST"). FAST will provide tuition assistance, to Delaware residents who have obtained a high school diploma, Diploma of Alternate Achievement Standards, or a Delaware secondary credential, which includes earning a GED, and have enrolled in an approved non-degree credit certificate program. The Workforce Development Board will create a list of non-degree credit certificate programs approved for the FAST program.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 65	Delaware SB 65 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan W. Shupe William Bush	2	12	2	2021-05-25	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/1dc2da48-a0d6-45ff-b405-0905b48258e0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78762	ec58f2041d046b0d9a9fd69cebadc2fc50626b340f36d6ebcf3b4cf6ace3ae8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 65 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.

Senate Bill No. 65 establishes the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program ("FAST"). FAST will provide tuition assistance, to Delaware residents who have obtained a high school diploma, Diploma of Alternate Achievement Standards, or a Delaware secondary credential, which includes earning a GED, and have enrolled in an approved non-degree credit certificate program. The Workforce Development Board will create a list of non-degree credit certificate programs approved for the FAST program.

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 SS 1 for SB 65 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-25 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 65, and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-10 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-11 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-25 Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dc2da48-a0d6-45ff-b405-0905b48258e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).