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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SB 246"
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citation: "Delaware SB 246 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David P. Sokola", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Stell Parker Selby"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-05"
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last_action: "2026-05-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c8909b-30e9-45c0-a861-55549bd71873"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142883"
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source_hash: "988188003db397591a2f9231265bfb943387d4e768a6dd0a77d0e3d5030b2c22"
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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 246 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.
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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.
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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. **SA 2 to SB 246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=143136&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-21** Amendment SA 2 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-04-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2026-04-21** Amendment SA 2 to SB 246 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-04-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-04-22** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-06** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2026-05-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-05-21** 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/d0c8909b-30e9-45c0-a861-55549bd71873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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