Bill Commons

DE SCR 156

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REQUESTING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A WORKING GROUP TO SUPPORT COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS AND PROGRAMMING K-12.

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

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Did DE SCR 156 pass?

Not yet. DE SCR 156 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-22): Not Worked in Committee

What is DE SCR 156 about?

This Concurrent Resolution requests the Delaware Department of Education to develop a working group of health educators to continually improve the K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Programming, ensuring skills-based health education is accessible to all children throughout the state. This will require the review of information from parents and families, students, administrators, superintendents, other DE state agencies, and other organizations as needed to inform recommended changes to the Delaware Health Standards that will need to be adopted by the State Board of Education. The Department will provide a summary report of the information reviewed by the working group, summary of the annual health education survey and recommended new Delaware health standards. The summary report will be provided to the Governor, members of the General Assembly, and the State Board of Education, and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services.

Who sponsors DE SCR 156?

Marie Pinkney, Eric Morrison, Claire Snyder-Hall and 1 others are the primary sponsors of DE SCR 156, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

This Concurrent Resolution requests the Delaware Department of Education to develop a working group of health educators to continually improve the K-12 Comprehensive Health Education Programming, ensuring skills-based health education is accessible to all children throughout the state. This will require the review of information from parents and families, students, administrators, superintendents, other DE state agencies, and other organizations as needed to inform recommended changes to the Delaware Health Standards that will need to be adopted by the State Board of Education. The Department will provide a summary report of the information reviewed by the working group, summary of the annual health education survey and recommended new Delaware health standards. The summary report will be provided to the Governor, members of the General Assembly, and the State Board of Education, and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services.

Introduced
2026-04-14
Latest action
2026-04-22 — Not Worked in Committee
Bill type
concurrent resolution
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marie Pinkneyprimary
  • Eric Morrisonprimary
  • Claire Snyder-Hallprimary
  • Laura V. Sturgeonprimary
  • Eric Morrisoncosponsor
  • DeShanna U Nealcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-22

    Not Worked in Committee

  2. 2026-04-16

    Assigned to Education Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-14

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 4 NO 2 ABSENT

    passage

  4. 2026-04-14

    Introduced in Senate

    introduction

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Votes

  • SM

    2026-04-14 · pass · 15-4

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Darius J. Brown: yes
    • Eric Buckson: other
    • Daniel Cruce: yes
    • Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
    • Gerald W. Hocker: no
    • Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
    • Russell Huxtable: yes
    • Dave G. Lawson: no
    • S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
    • Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
    • Trey Paradee: other
    • Brian Pettyjohn: no
    • 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: no

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https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142953

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