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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EQUITY OMBUDSPERSON PROGRAM AND THE EDUCATION EQUITY COUNCIL."
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description: "This Act codifies the Equity Ombudsman program, the purpose of which is to provide students and families encountering inequity in the school system with non-lawyer advocates to assist them. The Educational Equity Council, as a stakeholder council, provides oversight to the Equity Ombudsman program, to provide broad review, analysis and recommendations, for the improvement of student equity and outcomes in Delaware’s public education system."
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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: "HB 188"
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citation: "Delaware HB 188 (152)"
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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", "Cyndie Romer", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherae'a Moore"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-02"
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last_action: "2023-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55648a2e-e061-41ab-8168-3659bea744cc"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140502"
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source_hash: "bd26ed12ada7e0f1478104c860ec19c9e8496fd1930f2e47d1be4db9a8412bb8"
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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 HB 188 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION EQUITY OMBUDSPERSON PROGRAM AND THE EDUCATION EQUITY COUNCIL.
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This Act codifies the Equity Ombudsman program, the purpose of which is to provide students and families encountering inequity in the school system with non-lawyer advocates to assist them. The Educational Equity Council, as a stakeholder council, provides oversight to the Equity Ombudsman program, to provide broad review, analysis and recommendations, for the improvement of student equity and outcomes in Delaware’s public education system.
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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=140502&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB188)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140686&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 188 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-21** Amendment HA 1 to HB 188 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-21** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-09-11** 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/55648a2e-e061-41ab-8168-3659bea744cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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