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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PREKINDERGARTEN SPECIAL EDUCATION."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 33"
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citation: "Delaware HB 33 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-26"
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last_action: "2023-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c5df525-17b1-42fb-bcd4-8a09d3bc7481"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129990"
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source_hash: "60f4d61b640613dce04d6d3f452f89b3915b50176b9231aad80a1a442ca958b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 33 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNDING FOR PREKINDERGARTEN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129990&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB33)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-26** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 33, and Assigned to Ready List in House
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- **2023-01-26** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-09** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c5df525-17b1-42fb-bcd4-8a09d3bc7481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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