The Senate Education Committee heard two technical agency bills — Senate Bill 246 on driver education certification and Senate Bill 253 on school bullying notification requirements — both sponsored by Chair Senator Laura Sturgeon, with neither receiving a formal recorded vote but both circulated for committee member signatures.
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An unidentified speaker raised concern that removing the DOJ-generated form would eliminate contact information for parents, asking whether the code should still require some contact information be provided. Rosie Morales countered that Title 14, Section 4164 separately and repeatedly requires the DOJ school ombudsperson contact information to be prominently placed on the website and in schools, with the phone number required to be there as well, and the unidentified speaker indicated the answer resolved the concern.
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“Senate Bill 246 modernizes the statute by directing the Delaware Department of Education to establish through regulation how equivalent credits are calculated when courses are delivered through block schedules, or when a course completed is less than a full academic year.”
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Sign in to subscribeHello, everybody. I would at this point like to call the meeting to order. This is the Senate Education Committee and our first one after JFC break, our second one of the year. It's good to see everyone. For those of you who are participating virtually, I want to make sure that you're aware that if you have any technical difficulties, you can email nicole alvarezicole.alvarezelaware.gov the public may participate virtually or in person. If you are participating virtually, please use the meeting link that is posted on the General Assembly's website and you register there and that will get you in. Instructions for providing public comment are posted on the General Assembly's website under this committee committee meetings. Notice that will be provided during the public comment portion of this hearing. Members of the public who are in person should sign in for attendance and indicate if you'd like to speak on a bill. And that sign and sheet is at the end of this big long table. Let's begin today's meeting by taking roll call attendance for committee members. I'm the chair, Senator Laura Sturgeon, and my vice chair, Senator Tizzy Lockman is here. Here. And Senator Dais…
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