republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-188.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EQUITY OMBUDSPERSON PROGRAM AND THE EDUCATION EQUITY COUNCIL.	This Act codifies the Equity Ombudsman program, the purpose of which is to provide students and families encountering inequity in the school system with non-lawyer advocates to assist them. The Educational Equity Council, as a stakeholder council, provides oversight to the Equity Ombudsman program, to provide broad review, analysis and recommendations, for the improvement of student equity and outcomes in Delaware’s public education system.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 188	Delaware HB 188 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Cyndie Romer Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherae'a Moore	2	9	2	2023-06-02	2023-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/55648a2e-e061-41ab-8168-3659bea744cc	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140502	bd26ed12ada7e0f1478104c860ec19c9e8496fd1930f2e47d1be4db9a8412bb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 188 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EQUITY OMBUDSPERSON PROGRAM AND THE EDUCATION EQUITY COUNCIL.

This Act codifies the Equity Ombudsman program, the purpose of which is to provide students and families encountering inequity in the school system with non-lawyer advocates to assist them. The Educational Equity Council, as a stakeholder council, provides oversight to the Equity Ombudsman program, to provide broad review, analysis and recommendations, for the improvement of student equity and outcomes in Delaware’s public education system.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 188 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 188 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 188 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-21 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-21 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-09-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55648a2e-e061-41ab-8168-3659bea744cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).