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This Amendment corrects punctuation errors in House Amendment No.

This Amendment corrects punctuation errors in House Amendment No.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Buckson
Last action
2025-06-30
Official status
Passed 6/30/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included claims that were not supported by the official source material, such as specifying how corrections will be made to the website or mentioning students and parents looking at school websites.

Fixing Punctuation in School Information

This amendment corrects punctuation errors and ensures that information about sports and other extracurricular activities at schools is clear on the Department of Education's website.

What This Bill Does

  • Corrects punctuation errors in an earlier part of a bill.
  • Requires school websites to show if each sport has teams for girls, boys, or both genders.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Schools that have their information on the Department of Education's website.

Terms To Know

Department of Education
The government agency in charge of education policies and providing information about schools.
Extracurricular activities
Activities that students do outside regular school classes, like sports or clubs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It does not specify how the corrections will be made to the website.
  • The bill only addresses fixing punctuation and adding information about sports and extracurricular activities; it does not explain other changes.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  2. 2025-03-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This Amendment corrects punctuation errors in House Amendment No. 1 to this Act. Like House Amendment No. 1, this Amendment requires that the information about each school provided on the Department of Education's website include information about sports and other extracurricular activities. The information must include for each sport, if the school has a team for girls, a team for boys, or the team is co-ed.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Sen. Buckson

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 29

Amend House Bill No. 29, as amended, by deleting line 2 of House Amendment No. 1 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“

(12) Information relating to sports and other extracurricular activities. The information provided for each sport under this paragraph (c)(12) must include if the school has a team for girls, a team for boys, or the team is co-ed.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment corrects punctuation errors in House Amendment No. 1 to this Act. Like House Amendment No. 1, this Amendment requires that the information about each school provided on the Department of Education's website include information about sports and other extracurricular activities. The information must include for each sport, if the school has a team for girls, a team for boys, or the team is co-ed.

Author: Senator Buckson