DE SB 302

enacted

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

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · upper

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Did DE SB 302 pass?

Yes. DE SB 302 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-30): Signed by Governor

What is DE SB 302 about?

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 Assembly) on June 27, 2024, and then re-established under House Concurrent Resolution No. 2 (153rd General Assembly) on January 21, 2025, to conduct a comprehensive review of public education funding for all students and populations served by school districts and charter schools (public schools) and develop a roadmap of recommendations to implement improvements to the public education funding system. The PEFC’s recommends adopting a new public education funding framework, known as the “hybrid model”, that combines the current, resource-based funding formula with a student-based, weighted funding model. The hybrid model will improve equity in public school funding and facilitate gains in student achievement by increasing flexibility in how public schools may use appropriated money. The PEFC recommendations include accountability measures as an important balance to the increased flexibility and that the equalization formula must be modernized.

Who sponsors DE SB 302?

Madinah Wilson-Anton, Claire Snyder-Hall, Dave G. Lawson and 17 others are the primary sponsors of DE SB 302, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-04-30
Latest action: 2026-06-30 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-30
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2026-06-24
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage
2026-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2026-06-16
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2026-06-11
Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-20
Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2026-05-19
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2026-05-19
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-05-05
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2026-05-05
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 Favorable
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-30
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee

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Votes

SM
2026-05-19 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
SM
2026-06-24 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Alonna Berry: yes
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: other
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes

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https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=143195

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