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SB246 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-05-21
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.
  • This Act updates how academic eligibility for driver education certification is calculated because many high schools have moved from the traditional 7-period school day to various forms of block scheduling.
  • Under this Act, the Department of Education must establish, through regulations, how equivalent credit is calculated for courses taught on a block schedule or when the full length of a course is less than 1 year.
  • This Act also adds world language to the academic courses from which a student may satisfy the credit requirement.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2026-05-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

  3. 2026-05-06 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits

  4. 2026-04-22 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in House

  5. 2026-04-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 2 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  6. 2026-04-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Stricken in Senate

  7. 2026-04-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 2 to SB 246 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  8. 2026-04-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  9. 2026-03-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits

  10. 2026-03-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to SB 246 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  11. 2026-03-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.
This Act updates how academic eligibility for driver education certification is calculated because many high schools have moved from the traditional 7-period school day to various forms of block scheduling. Under this Act, the Department of Education must establish, through regulations, how equivalent credit is calculated for courses taught on a block schedule or when the full length of a course is less than 1 year. This Act also adds world language to the academic courses from which a student may satisfy the credit requirement.

This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.