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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHER ACADEMIES."
description: "This Act codifies the teacher academy pathways program that prepares students for careers in elementary and secondary education. Among other things, it requires the DOE to update and revise statewide standards and guidelines for teacher academies and provide technical assistance to local education agencies to meet those standards and guidelines. This Act further requires that teacher academies offer (1) value-added credits to students who have completed the credits required by the initial program of study; and (2) work-based immersion options. Finally, the DOE must publish an annual report summarizing each teacher academy program in the State, including the number of participants in the program and the number of participants who successfully transition to a program or institute of higher learning in the field of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 332"
citation: "Delaware HB 332 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-11-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08ebafb6-efe4-43f0-84e4-6ab15272d23e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141001"
source_hash: "04062511ea4cf1d4cb8122b7651dba0c7555a4c6d03c7046d3d6060792b01560"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 332 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TEACHER ACADEMIES.
This Act codifies the teacher academy pathways program that prepares students for careers in elementary and secondary education. Among other things, it requires the DOE to update and revise statewide standards and guidelines for teacher academies and provide technical assistance to local education agencies to meet those standards and guidelines. This Act further requires that teacher academies offer (1) value-added credits to students who have completed the credits required by the initial program of study; and (2) work-based immersion options. Finally, the DOE must publish an annual report summarizing each teacher academy program in the State, including the number of participants in the program and the number of participants who successfully transition to a program or institute of higher learning in the field of education.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141001&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB332)
## Votes
- 3/4 — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-07** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 14 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-14** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-11-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08ebafb6-efe4-43f0-84e4-6ab15272d23e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).