republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-246.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.	This Act updates how academic eligibility for driver education certification is calculated because many high schools have moved from the traditional 7-period school day to various forms of block scheduling. Under this Act, the Department of Education must establish, through regulations, how equivalent credit is calculated for courses taught on a block schedule or when the full length of a course is less than 1 year. This Act also adds world language to the academic courses from which a student may satisfy the credit requirement.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 246	Delaware SB 246 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn David P. Sokola Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Stell Parker Selby	1	11	2	2026-03-05	2026-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d0c8909b-30e9-45c0-a861-55549bd71873	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142883	988188003db397591a2f9231265bfb943387d4e768a6dd0a77d0e3d5030b2c22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 246 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

This Act updates how academic eligibility for driver education certification is calculated because many high schools have moved from the traditional 7-period school day to various forms of block scheduling. Under this Act, the Department of Education must establish, through regulations, how equivalent credit is calculated for courses taught on a block schedule or when the full length of a course is less than 1 year. This Act also adds world language to the academic courses from which a student may satisfy the credit requirement.

Version chain

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

1. SA 2 to SB 246 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-05 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-21 Amendment SA 2 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-21 Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Stricken in Senate
• 2026-04-21 Amendment SA 2 to SB 246 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2026-04-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-04-22 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-05-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2026-05-12 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2026-05-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0c8909b-30e9-45c0-a861-55549bd71873. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).