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SCR14 • 2025

RE-ESTABLISHING THE STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL CLIMATE TASK FORCE.

RE-ESTABLISHING THE STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL CLIMATE TASK FORCE.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Townsend
Last action
2025-01-30
Official status
Passed 1/30/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details about social determinants of learning, so this term was removed from terms to know.

Re-creating a Group to Study School Rules

A bill passed by both chambers of Delaware's General Assembly re-establishes a task force that will study student behavior issues, school climate policies, and make recommendations for improvement.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force again to look at problems with student behavior and how schools handle these issues.
  • The task force will examine causes of bad behavior in students, its effects on learning, and how it impacts teachers' job satisfaction.
  • It also looks into current school discipline policies and suggests better ways to involve families in addressing behavioral issues.
  • Requires the co-chairs of the task force to write a report by March 1, 2026, with findings and recommendations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students who face behavior issues or have classmates with such issues.
  • Teachers and staff whose job satisfaction may be affected by student behavior problems.
  • School administrators responsible for discipline policies and practices.

Terms To Know

Task Force
A group of people brought together to study a specific issue or problem, in this case, student behavior and school climate issues.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify funding for the task force.
  • It is unclear if or when the executive branch will take action on the recommendations made by the task force.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  2. 2025-01-29 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced in Senate

  3. 2025-01-29 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 VACANT

Official Summary Text

RE-ESTABLISHING THE STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL CLIMATE TASK FORCE.
This concurrent resolution re-establishes the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force.

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SPONSOR:

Sen. Townsend & Rep. S. Moore

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14

RE-ESTABLISHING THE STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SCHOOL CLIMATE TASK FORCE.

WHEREAS, the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force (“Task Force”) was established through Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 119 of the 152

nd

General Assembly to study the needs and options of students and educators to improve student behavior and school climate policies, and to make findings and recommendations based on the study; and

WHEREAS, the Task Force submitted its final report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with copies submitted to all members of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Director of and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services of Legislative Council, and the Delaware Public Archives on November 1, 2024; and

WHEREAS, the Task Force made meaningful progress in studying the challenges involving student behavior and school climate throughout Delaware and developed preliminary recommendations that were submitted in its final report; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Task Force agree that further study is necessary to refine these recommendations and ensure that the state has a comprehensive plan to address these challenges.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the 153rd General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force (“Task Force”) as it existed under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 119 of the 152

nd

General Assembly is re-established.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Task Force shall examine and recommend a course of legislative, regulatory, and operational action that considers or addresses all of the following:

(1) The causes of student behavior issues, including the connection between student behavior and the social determinants of learning.

(2) The impact of student behavior issues on student learning, including for the individual student with behavior issues as well as for their classmates.

(3) The impact of student behavior issues on educators’ job satisfaction and retention.

(4) The effectiveness of current school discipline policies and initiatives in preventing and addressing student behavior issues, including restorative practices as adopted in Delaware and other jurisdictions.

(5) Adoption of data-driven, developmentally-appropriate school discipline policies and interventions to improve school climate in Delaware schools.

(6) Effective school policies related to engaging families in the process of addressing student behavior issues.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the co-chairs of the Task Force shall compile a report containing a summary of the Task Force’s work regarding the issues assigned to it, including any findings and recommendations related to those issues.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the co-chairs shall submit the final report of the Task Force to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with copies to all members of the General Assembly; the Governor; the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services of Legislative Council; and the Delaware Public Archives.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the co-chairs shall submit their final report no later than March 1, 2026, and are encouraged to provide intermittent updates or reports to the General Assembly and the Governor.

SYNOPSIS

This concurrent resolution re-establishes the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force.

Author: Senator Townsend