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SB302 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.

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Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.
  • This Act recognizes that the Public Education Funding Committee’s (PEFC) recommended hybrid model formula to determine public education funding is good public policy and that implementation of the hybrid model should not be delayed any longer than absolutely necessary.
  • As such, this Act provides authority for the Department of Education (Department) to begin making the changes to systems that are necessary to implement the hybrid model for Fiscal Year 2028.
  • This Act also encourages that, in collaboration with the PEFC, the Department incorporate elements of the hybrid model in the development of the Governor’s Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2028 for consideration by the 154th General Assembly.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2026-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

  3. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits

  4. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits

  5. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

  6. 2026-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  7. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in House

  8. 2026-05-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable

  9. 2026-05-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  10. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable

  11. 2026-05-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

  12. 2026-04-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.
This Act recognizes that the Public Education Funding Committee’s (PEFC) recommended hybrid model formula to determine public education funding is good public policy and that implementation of the hybrid model should not be delayed any longer than absolutely necessary. As such, this Act provides authority for the Department of Education (Department) to begin making the changes to systems that are necessary to implement the hybrid model for Fiscal Year 2028. This Act also encourages that, in collaboration with the PEFC, the Department incorporate elements of the hybrid model in the development of the Governor’s Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2028 for consideration by the 154th General Assembly. However, during this transition, a school district or charter school should not receive a state appropriation for Fiscal Year 2028 that is lower than the amount that school received in Fiscal Year 2027.

The PEFC was established under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 201 (152nd General Ass