DE SB 90

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE STATE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

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

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Did DE SB 90 pass?

Yes. DE SB 90 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-19): Signed by Governor

What is DE SB 90 about?

The Delaware State Inspire Scholarship Program (Inspire scholarship) pays undergraduate tuition for 8 semesters at Delaware State University (DSU). Some students complete their undergraduate degrees in less than 8 semesters because they take heavier than average course loads each semester or because they earned college credits during high school. This Act aims to reward students for their hard work and provide additional access and opportunity for them to continue their higher education by allowing students to use the Inspire scholarship program towards additional levels of higher education if the student obtains their undergraduate degree before using all 8 semesters of eligibility. Specifically, this Act extends eligibility for Inspire scholarships as follows: 1. Under current law, most students may use Inspire grant money for up to 8 continuous semesters towards a bachelor's degree at DSU. This Act allows students who complete a bachelor's degree in less than 8 continuous semesters to use the remaining Inspire grant money towards a graduate degree program at DSU. 2. The Inspire scholarship program provides additional time for individuals who lived in foster care to complete an undergraduate degree. This Act makes corresponding changes to the eligibility for these individuals so that they also can use remaining Inspire grant money towards a graduate degree at DSU if they complete their undergraduate degree before exhausting the time available to do so. In addition, this Act modifies 2 requirements for eligibility for the Inspire scholarship program for students using the scholarship for a graduate degree program so that students may be enrolled on a part-time basis and are not required to maintain continuous enrollment. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Who sponsors DE SB 90?

Brian Pettyjohn, Dave G. Lawson, Cyndie Romer and 18 others are the primary sponsors of DE SB 90, joined by 25 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-04-03
Latest action: 2025-09-19 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-09-19
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-26
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT
passage
2025-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-12
Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
Assigned to Education Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-05-20
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage
2025-05-15
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-13
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-04-17
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-03
Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee

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Votes

SM
2025-05-20 · pass · 20-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: other
- 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
2025-06-26 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- 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
- 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

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https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142050

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