An Act To Amend Titles 14 And 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Boards And School Board Elections. [HB-117]
This bill will save the State of Delaware money by having school board elections on the date of the general election and it will increase the voter turnout for school board elections. Currently, school board elections are held on the second Tuesday of May and can occur in any year. The bill will: (1) set school board election to coincide with the general election; (2) align the terms of school board members so their terms expire during a general election year; (3) provide that only registered voters can vote in school board elections; (4) place
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HB-117: An Act To Amend Titles 14 And 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Boards And School Board Elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini
Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 06/16/2009
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code With Respect To Public Education. [HB-119]
This Bill takes several steps targeted at allowing local schools and districts to make better decisions at the local level to educate students. Its provisions include: (a) Permitting local districts substantially more discretion with respect to expenditure of state education funds than they have under existing law. However, the bill also establishes a number of safeguards to ensure that those funds are spent in a responsible manner that enhances student achievement, including state approval of local district budgets, a requirement of full transparency
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HB-119: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code With Respect To Public Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Hs 1 For Hb 119 - Necessary Rules Are Suspended In Senate on 06/30/2009
An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act. [HB-129]
This bill is the Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act. Employers in the construction industry who improperly classify construction employees as independent contractors deprive these employees of proper Social Security benefits and other benefits, while reducing the employers’ State and federal tax withholdings and related obligations. Moreover, this practice puts businesses that bear higher costs by complying with the law at a competitive disadvantage. This bill imposes substantial penalties on employers who improperly classify their
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HB-129: An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten
Introduced And Assigned To Labor Committee In House on 04/22/2009
HB-135: An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Related To The Issuance Of A Limited License For A Director Or Chairperson Of A Dental Or Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson
Signed By Governor on 08/26/2009
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An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sex Offenders And Sexual Offenses. [HB-136]
This Act increases the criminal penalties of 779A, Title 11 of the Delaware Code against a person who has previously been convicted of a sex offense and is on the sex offender registry who then commits a sex offense against a child under the age of twelve years. This Act would make the penalty for a sex offender who commits a sex offense classified as a misdemeanor against a child under twelve years of age a class C felony. This Act would make the penalty for a sex offender who commits a sex offense classified as a class C, D, E, F, or G felony
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HB-136: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sex Offenders And Sexual Offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Introduced And Assigned To Judiciary Committee In House on 04/22/2009
An Act To Amend Chapter 60, Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Recycling And Waste Reduction In The State Of Delaware. [HB-15]
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this Bill, to encourage the use of reusable bags by consumers and retailers and to reduce the consumption of limited use plastic carryout bags that require massive quantities of oil, cause countless pollution, and, as such bags decompose, are harmful to the health of the environment and humans. This Bill would require a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program that provides an opportunity for a customer of the store to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store. The Bill
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HB-15: An Act To Amend Chapter 60, Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Recycling And Waste Reduction In The State Of Delaware.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Signed By Governor on 08/17/2009
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Family And Medical Leave Act. [HB-157]
This Act makes clear that a full-time or part-time teacher of a school district or a charter school who has satisfied all requirements to entitle the teacher to take leave under The Family and Medical Leave Act shall be returned to the same exact teaching position that the teacher held before taking such leave.
HB-157: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Family And Medical Leave Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry
Stricken on 06/24/2009