AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 404 OF VOLUME 83 AND CHAPTER 108 OF VOLUME 84 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE AND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUPIL AND STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

More safety contacts on student cards

Beginning July 1, 2026, Delaware public schools serving grades 7–12 must add safety contacts to the student cards they issue. They must list the Teen Dating Violence Hotline: 1-866-331-9474 or text “loveis” to 22522. They must also list the Stop Bullying Now Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). Public colleges that issue student cards must add their campus police or campus security phone number. Both school and college cards must list the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 988, with school cards saying call or text. Both must also list the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE), and Crisis Text Line: text “DE” to 741741. They may also list the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE). These contacts can appear on either side of the card. Schools and colleges must use current numbers when cards are reissued or reprinted; number changes alone do not require replacements. They can keep issuing existing, unissued cards that lack the required information until that supply runs out.