republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-33.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PREKINDERGARTEN SPECIAL EDUCATION.	This Act increases funding for preschool children with disabilities who are not counted in either "intensive" or "complex" special education units by revising the current ratio of 12.8 students per unit to 8.4 students per unit for preschool children included in the basic unit count. This is the same ratio in effect as of July 1, 2023, for K-3 basic special education. The Act also consolidates the K-3 Basic Special Education Unit with the 4-12 Basic Special Education Unit as the ratio is the same for each group as of July 1, 2023.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 33	Delaware HB 33 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kimberly Williams Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Sean M. Lynn Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush	1	10	2	2023-01-26	2023-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5c5df525-17b1-42fb-bcd4-8a09d3bc7481	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129990	60f4d61b640613dce04d6d3f452f89b3915b50176b9231aad80a1a442ca958b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 33 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PREKINDERGARTEN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

This Act increases funding for preschool children with disabilities who are not counted in either "intensive" or "complex" special education units by revising the current ratio of 12.8 students per unit to 8.4 students per unit for preschool children included in the basic unit count. This is the same ratio in effect as of July 1, 2023, for K-3 basic special education. The Act also consolidates the K-3 Basic Special Education Unit with the 4-12 Basic Special Education Unit as the ratio is the same for each group as of July 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-26 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 33, and Assigned to Ready List in House
• 2023-01-26 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-03-09 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-03-09 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c5df525-17b1-42fb-bcd4-8a09d3bc7481. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).