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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT. With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed. This Act, which may be cited as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy. And, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2026 through 2027 school year, successful completion of the credit will be required to obtain a high school diploma. This Act requires the credit to include instruction which meets the financial literacy standards for high school students adopted by the Department of Education. This substitute corrects a reference from "course" to "credit" in the synopsis. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 153 HB 203 Delaware HB 203 (153)
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Brian Pettyjohn
Bryan W. Shupe
Bryant L. Richardson
Charles S Postles Jr.
Claire Snyder-Hall
Cyndie Romer
Daniel B. Short
Dave G. Lawson
David L. Wilson
Franklin D. Cooke
Jeff Hilovsky
John "Jack" Walsh
Josue O Ortega
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Lyndon D. Yearick
Marie Pinkney
Michael F. Smith
Richard G. Collins
Ronald E. Gray
Russell Huxtable
Spiros Mantzavinos
Stell Parker Selby
Timothy D. Dukes
Trey Paradee
Valerie Jones Giltner
1 10 3 2025-06-10 2025-09-19 openstates ocd-bill/bd889aaa-db3e-4646-bed0-bfa1b08bd570 https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142474 1a03d3d16f167904840ed823605a7e31446252be5e24cde711853b28217d3883 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Delaware HB 203 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.

With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed. This Act, which may be cited as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy. And, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2026 through 2027 school year, successful completion of the credit will be required to obtain a high school diploma. This Act requires the credit to include instruction which meets the financial literacy standards for high school students adopted by the Department of Education. This substitute corrects a reference from "course" to "credit" in the synopsis.

Version chain

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

  1. SA 1 to HS 1 for HB 203 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 390 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
  • Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
  • Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
  • Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
  • Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
  • Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
  • Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
  • Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
  • Jeff Hilovsky — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
  • Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
  • Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
  • Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
  • Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
  • Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
  • Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
  • Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
  • Trey Paradee — primary (person)
  • Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-06-10 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 203, and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2025-06-12 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-06-24 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-24 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2025-06-25 Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
  • 2025-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
  • 2025-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT passage
  • 2025-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd889aaa-db3e-4646-bed0-bfa1b08bd570. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).