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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN EDUCATION."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 297"
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citation: "Delaware SB 297 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-09"
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last_action: "2024-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2980ca-d52c-4002-abec-9645733dd7d2"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141342"
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source_hash: "c64c8a6839134ce2e4cdd16708c8d8c0d147727785beea32626d43127cf4f0dd"
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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 SB 297 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN EDUCATION.
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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.
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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=141342&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB297)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — 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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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — 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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- **2024-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-05-22** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-09-26** 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/ad2980ca-d52c-4002-abec-9645733dd7d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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