# Delaware HB 97: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, AND SALARY SUPPLEMENTS. Delaware HB 97, AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, AND SALARY SUPPLEMENTS., is a 153rd General Assembly (2024–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-09-02 (Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB97-153 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Delaware HB 97 - State: Delaware - Session: 153rd General Assembly (2024–2026) - Title: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, AND SALARY SUPPLEMENTS. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-27 - Last action: 2025-09-02, Signed by Governor - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (51 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 11 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher extra-duty pay for school employees: benefit, high. The law raises the maximum state-funded supplement for approved extra duties from $1,500 to $5,000. The minimum stays $750. Eligible public-school employees include specialists, administrators, and supervisors paid under the basic salary schedule. Assignments need Professional Standards Board desig… - Equal mentor stipends for retired educators: benefit, low. Retired educators who mentor are entitled to the same stipends as nonretired educator mentors. The law does not set a stipend amount. It treats retired educators doing this work as casual employees for pension purposes. - More diploma holders qualify as classroom aides: benefit, low. People with a diploma of alternate achievement standards can work as classroom aides in Delaware public schools. They must still meet the applicable permit requirements. - School applicants face stronger disclosure penalties: cost, medium. Applicants for covered education licenses or permits must disclose their own criminal conviction history. Failure to disclose can lead to denial, revocation, or criminal prosecution. Permit applicants face a class G felony for knowingly giving false, incomplete, or inaccurate criminal-history or ch… - Some teacher training and licensing routes end: cost, medium. The law ends the Special Institute for Teacher Licensure and Certification, including its tuition-free alternative training for college graduates. It also removes older routes to continuing educator licenses. Those routes covered specified certificates issued before July 13, 1971, and professional-… - School contractors must verify worker credentials: cost, low. Vendors and contractors must verify required licenses, certificates, or permits for people they assign to Delaware schools. Knowingly assigning an unqualified person can lead to a Department referral to the Division of Revenue for possible business-license revocation. - Emergency school suspensions include hearing deadlines: mixed, medium. The Secretary can temporarily suspend a permit, license, or certificate while a hearing is pending. The complaint must show a clear, immediate danger to students' health, safety, or welfare. The holder or attorney must receive at least 72 hours' written or oral notice before suspension. Suspension… - School permit holders face discipline with safeguards: mixed, medium. Permit holders face public reprimands, credential limits, suspension, or revocation for listed fraud, falsification, assessment violations, crimes, or misconduct. Comparable conduct elsewhere also counts; violent felonies, felony crimes against children, and felony sexual offenses require revocatio… - School workers need credentials, with pay protections: mixed, medium. Employees and contractors must meet the credential requirements for their Delaware public-school jobs. Unsupervised student work requires a valid education permit, education license, or approved professional license. Covered roles include paraprofessionals, student-support staff, visiting and subst… - Permit holders and schools must report misconduct: mixed, low. Permit holders must report covered convictions, arrests, or indictments to the Secretary of Education in writing within 20 days. They have 30 days to report credential surrender, revocation, suspension, or limits imposed by any jurisdiction or agency. School leaders must report specified arrests or… - Schools face credential repayments with worker protections: mixed, low. The Department can demand repayment when a district or charter intentionally keeps an employee without required credentials beyond 90 calendar days. Repayment covers only time after that initial-hire grace period and requires at least 30 days' notice to employee and employer. Expired credentials ca… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-26 | Senate | Passed (SM required) | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-05-06 | House | Passed (SM required) | pass | 30 | 0 | | ## Actions (9) - 2025-09-02: Signed by Governor (Governor) - 2025-06-26: Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Assigned to Education Committee in Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 2 NOT VOTING 9 ABSENT (House) - 2025-05-06: Amendment HA 1 to HB 97 - Passed In House by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-04-09: Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits (House) - 2025-04-08: Amendment HA 1 to HB 97 - Introduced and Placed With Bill (House) - 2025-03-27: Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House (House) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-03-27: [HTML](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=142023&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2) ## Related bills - HS 1 for HB 449: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST LICENSURE ACT. (passed house) - HB 357: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DUTY TO SUPPORT POOR PERSONS. (signed) - SB 279: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. (vetoed) - HB 393: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIONS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY CONSUMERS. (vetoed) - SB 231: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS. (vetoed) - HB 356: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING FOAM AND EQUIPMENT. (failed) ## Sources - [Current (HTML)](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=142023&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2) ## Related - [HS 1 for HB 449: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN/NUTRITI…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HS1FORHB449-153) - [HB 357: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DUTY TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB357-153) - [SB 279: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATI…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-SB279-153) - [HB 393: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIONS FOR PUBLI…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB393-153) - [SB 231: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-SB231-153) - [HB 356: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB356-153) - [Delaware bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/delaware/bills) - [Delaware state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/delaware) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-HB97-153 (as of 2026-10-12).