republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-297.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN EDUCATION.	This Act acknowledges the importance of diversity and inclusivity in education by requiring the Department of Education to update content standards and regulations using a non-exhaustive list of racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 297	Delaware SB 297 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean Matthews Stell Parker Selby William Bush	1	7	2	2024-05-09	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ad2980ca-d52c-4002-abec-9645733dd7d2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141342	c64c8a6839134ce2e4cdd16708c8d8c0d147727785beea32626d43127cf4f0dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 297 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN EDUCATION.

This Act acknowledges the importance of diversity and inclusivity in education by requiring the Department of Education to update content standards and regulations using a non-exhaustive list of racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-05-22 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad2980ca-d52c-4002-abec-9645733dd7d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).