Delaware House Bill 291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on February 16 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-16 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [HTML]

This Act continues the changes made to the Delaware Performance Appraisal System II created under Senate Bill 42 of the 151st General Assembly, with modifications. In order to maintain an evaluation system under current operational challenges, this bill modifies Senate Bill 42 by allowing evidence collected during the observation and feedback cycle to be used a part of the evaluation cycle, to assign a summative rating, and to place educators on improvement plans, if needed. Additionally, this bill extends the pilot for the Delaware Teacher Growth and Support System, created under House Bill 133 of the 151st General Assembly, to the 2022-2023 school year, moving the start date for statewide implementation to the 2023-2024 school year.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Educator Evaluations And Procedures For The Termination Of Services Of Professional Employees.

Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]
Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2022-01-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-16		Signed by Governor
2022-01-27		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-01-27		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2022-01-27		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2022-01-26		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits
2022-01-24		Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 291, and Assigned to Education Committee in House

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Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52829