HB261 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: K. Williams
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Senate Education 5/14/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about enforcement mechanisms or immediate changes in existing practices.

Act for School Bus Rules

The act gives the Delaware Department of Education the power to make rules about how public school students are transported.

What This Bill Does

Gives the Department of Education the ability to create rules and regulations for transporting public school students.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Education
Public school students

Terms To Know

Department of Education: A government agency that oversees and manages educational programs in Delaware, including transportation for public school students.
Nonpublic, nonprofit schools: Private schools that do not charge tuition and are run by non-profit organizations.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the rules will be enforced or what penalties might apply.
It is unclear if this act will change existing transportation practices for public school students immediately after it becomes law.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HA 1

1 • K. Williams

Passed 5/14/26

Plain English: The amendment changes how students from nonpublic, nonprofit schools can get transportation outside their school district's boundaries.

Students enrolled in nonpublic, nonprofit schools will only receive transportation within the public school district unless required by specific federal or state laws like IDEA or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Bill History

2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly
Amendment HA 1 to HB 261 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2026-05-14 Delaware General Assembly
Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2026-04-15 Delaware General Assembly
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits
2026-04-09 Delaware General Assembly
Amendment HA 1 to HB 261 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2026-01-13 Delaware General Assembly
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
This Act amends Title 14 to provide the Department of Education the authority to adopt rules and regulations regarding the transportation of public school students.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. K. Williams & Sen. Sturgeon

Rep. Harris

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 261

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 2905, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 2905.

Transportation

Rules and regulations regarding the transportation

of students of

public and

nonpublic, nonprofit elementary and high schools.

(a)

The Department of Education shall make rules and regulations concerning the transportation of

pupils

students

in

nonpublic, nonprofit

public

elementary and secondary

(high)

schools in this State.

Such rules and regulations shall provide for at least the following:

(b) The Department shall make rules and regulations regarding the transportation of students in nonpublic, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in this State. The rules and regulations shall provide for at least the following:

(1) All rules and regulations relative to

pupil

student

transportation to nonpublic, nonprofit schools

shall be

are

the same as those applicable to public

schools;

schools.

(2)

Such

The

rules and regulations shall limit transportation of

pupils

students

in nonpublic, nonprofit schools to the elementary and secondary schools, except as provisions of this title may assign

such

the

transportation responsibility to the Department of Education on behalf of

pupils

students

enrolled at other levels in a public school

system;

system.

(3)

Pupils

Students

enrolled in nonpublic, nonprofit schools

shall only be

are

entitled to transportation

only

within the described boundaries of a public school district and not beyond those boundaries.

SYNOPSIS

This Act amends Title 14 to provide the Department of Education the authority to adopt rules and regulations regarding the transportation of public school students.