republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-252.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARY STEP FOR COMPLETION OF TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM.	This Substitute bill differs from House Bill No. 252 by placing the Delaware Institute of Higher Education year-long teacher residency program under Section 1312 of Title 14 rather than Section 1305.This Substitute bill grants graduates of the Delaware Institute of Higher Education teacher-residency program 1 year of experience credit in addition to any other experience granted under Section 1312. The goal of this Act is to incentivize a new graduate who has completed the year-long Delaware residency program to stay and teach in Delaware by elevating their starting pay grade level by giving them 1 year of experience credit.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 252	Delaware HB 252 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer Edward S. Osienski Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush	1	6	2	2024-03-13	2024-11-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4bfa2393-aa6c-4793-ba58-4cb60929b40b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141036	22deab3055e02d47ff5f4ad6a421feec6ae51a4f8dd95a200103fdff85ec8cb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 252 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SALARY STEP FOR COMPLETION OF TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

This Substitute bill differs from House Bill No. 252 by placing the Delaware Institute of Higher Education year-long teacher residency program under Section 1312 of Title 14 rather than Section 1305.This Substitute bill grants graduates of the Delaware Institute of Higher Education teacher-residency program 1 year of experience credit in addition to any other experience granted under Section 1312. The goal of this Act is to incentivize a new graduate who has completed the year-long Delaware residency program to stay and teach in Delaware by elevating their starting pay grade level by giving them 1 year of experience credit.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-13 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 252 introduction
• 2024-03-19 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-03-19 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-11-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bfa2393-aa6c-4793-ba58-4cb60929b40b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).