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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
2026-05-20
Official status
Out of Committee 5/20/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the remaining fifteen percent of the fund will be used or how existing state funding for apprenticeship programs is affected by this change.

Act Changing Funding Rules for Apprenticeship Programs

The bill changes how money for apprenticeship programs is managed and given out in Delaware by transferring responsibilities from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the Department of Education from managing funding for apprenticeships.
  • Requires the Department of Labor to manage and give out funds for apprenticeship programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Apprenticeship program participants in Delaware
  • The Department of Labor in Delaware
  • The Department of Education in Delaware

Terms To Know

Fund
A special fund called the Apprenticeship and Training Fund that holds money for apprenticeship programs.
Department of Labor
The government agency responsible for managing and distributing funds for apprenticeships in Delaware.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the remaining fifteen percent of the fund will be used.
  • It is unclear what happens to existing state funding for apprenticeship programs after this change.
  • The bill does not provide details on how the Department of Labor will manage and distribute funds.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

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

  2. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT

  3. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

  4. 2026-04-15 Delaware General Assembly

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

  5. 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.