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type: "Bill"
title: "DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE STATE ESSA PLAN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE."
description: "This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - “Every Student Succeeds Act” or “ESSA” at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly prior to the completion of the state plan and its submission to the federal Department of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HJR 3"
citation: "Delaware HJR 3 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13faf239-736c-4c7a-8aa7-2c30022cfa35"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25377"
source_hash: "c287f5f5b98536d8d74d03883a43db725ff03c6c0b7e7369079edcb32e250b79"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HJR 3 (149) — DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW THE STATE ESSA PLAN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE.
This Joint Resolution directs the Department of Education to present its plan for compliance with the new federal education law - “Every Student Succeeds Act” or “ESSA” at a meeting of the education committees of both chambers of the General Assembly prior to the completion of the state plan and its submission to the federal Department of Education.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25377&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR3)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-11** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-24** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-01-24** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13faf239-736c-4c7a-8aa7-2c30022cfa35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).