Delaware · Senate Bill 165 · 153rd General Assembly

Dept. of Ed./Revised Student Improvement Component/Pilot

  1. Introduced Jun 5, 2025
  2. In committee Jun 5, 2025
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act requires the Department of Education to pilot a revised student improvement component under the Delaware Performance Appraisal System and Delaware Teacher Growth and Support System beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. The pilot must include at least 3 local education agencies and consider factors such as student absences, mobility, and noncompliance that may adversely affect a student’s performance. Participants will be held harmless during the pilot program. The program will expand in 2026-2027 and be implemented statewide in 2027-2028 for all licensed and certified educators.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · Senate Education
  2. CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · Senate Education
  3. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 165
  4. SenateSS 1 for SB 165 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
  5. HouseSS 1 for SB 165 - Assigned to Education Committee in House
  6. HouseSS 1 for SB 165 - Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits
  7. HouseSS 1 for SB 165 - Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NOT VOTING 1 VACANT
  8. SS 1 for SB 165 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.