republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-138.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHER APPRENTICESHIPS.	This Act establishes a Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to be developed by the Department of Education. The Department of Education will work with the Department of Labor to create a program that places aspiring teachers in paid positions in schools, while the teacher candidates complete the training and schooling necessary to become a Delaware credentialed teacher. This program will complement the Grow Your Own Educator Program and teacher residency programs to create a low-cost pathway for aspiring teachers to earn their teaching credentials and will address the educator shortage in Delaware.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 138	Delaware HB 138 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Madinah Wilson-Anton Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Ruth Briggs King S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby William Bush	1	7	2	2023-05-04	2023-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f1210ec0-2df9-4f78-b63f-6740f7424593	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130312	bf8e3cd81d045a8c6dfba71cb71714d973f59af193e046d3a7fa2e16665f3418	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 138 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHER APPRENTICESHIPS.

This Act establishes a Delaware Educator Apprenticeship Program to be developed by the Department of Education. The Department of Education will work with the Department of Labor to create a program that places aspiring teachers in paid positions in schools, while the teacher candidates complete the training and schooling necessary to become a Delaware credentialed teacher. This program will complement the Grow Your Own Educator Program and teacher residency programs to create a low-cost pathway for aspiring teachers to earn their teaching credentials and will address the educator shortage in Delaware.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-04 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-13 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-08-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1210ec0-2df9-4f78-b63f-6740f7424593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).