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HB263 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

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
2026-06-30
Official status
Passed 6/30/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text shows a complex amendment where both the 20% and 80% allocations are redirected from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor, effectively consolidating all fund management under one department.

HB263: Changing How Apprenticeship Funds Are Managed

This bill changes state law so that the Department of Labor manages and spends money from the Apprenticeship and Training Fund, removing the Department of Education's role in receiving these specific funds.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the Department of Education as a recipient of funds for apprenticeship programs under this section.
  • Requires the Department of Labor to allocate all remaining money in the fund after administrative costs.
  • Directs twenty percent of available funds, after administrative costs, to support promoting education about registered apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programs through the Department of Labor.
  • Directs eighty percent of available funds, after administrative costs, to the Department of Labor for technical instruction in registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs.
  • Keeps a limit that no more than fifteen percent of annual deposits can be used for administration.
  • States that this new funding cannot replace existing state money already spent on these programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Delaware Department of Labor
  • Registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program participants

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not state when the changes will officially take effect.
  • The text does not specify how much money is currently in the fund or how much it might change.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  2. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  3. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT

  4. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

  5. 2026-04-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 16 On Its Merits

  6. 2026-01-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
This Act removes the Department of Education from the process related to funding for apprenticeships, as this is administered through the Department of Labor.

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. 263

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

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

Section 1. Amend § 205, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 205. Apprenticeship and Training Fund.

(a) A special fund known as the Apprenticeship and Training Fund (“Fund”) is established and the State Treasurer shall invest the Fund consistent with the investment policies established by the Cash Management Policy Board. The State Treasurer shall credit interest to the Fund on a monthly basis consistent with the rate established by the Cash Management Policy Board.

(b) The following moneys must be deposited in the Fund:

(1) All payments made under § 6960A of Title 29.

(2) Any other money appropriated or transferred to the Fund by the General Assembly.

(c) The Department of Labor must allocate the money in the Fund at least annually, as follows:

(1) Twenty percent, after administrative costs, to the Apprenticeship and Training Section of the Department of Labor to do any of the following:

a. To promote and increase education and public awareness about registered apprenticeship and other occupational training.

b. To support pre-apprenticeship programs.

(2) Eighty percent, after administrative costs,

to the Department of Education

to support the related technical instruction of registered apprenticeship programs, including new areas of technical instruction for crafts that are in-demand by employers in this State, and to support pre-apprenticeship programs. The Department of

Education

Labor

shall

disperse

disburse

money from this Fund

for the same purposes

in the same manner

as other appropriations for adult trade extension and apprenticeship programs.

(3) No more than 15% of the money annually deposited into the Fund may be used for administering this Fund.

(d) Money in the Fund may not be used to supplant existing state funding.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(3) of this section, money appropriated by the General Assembly to implement this section may be reimbursed from money received under this section.

SYNOPSIS

This Act removes the Department of Education from the process related to funding for apprenticeships, as this is administered through the Department of Labor.