This Act addresses the relation between land development and school capacity and facilitates greater coordination between the counties and local school districts with regard to planning. Section 1 of the Act amends Chapter 26 of Title 9 of the Delaware code pertaining to New Castle County by requiring that New Castle County’s comprehensive plan for planning and development include an educational element concerning the construction and allocation of school facilities within school districts. Section 2 of the Act makes these same changes to Chapter 49 of Title 9, concerning Kent County, and Section 3 of the Act makes these same changes to Chapter 69 of Title 9, concerning Sussex County. Section 4 of the Act directs the Department of Education to develop guidance and policies for implementing Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act. The Department of Education is to develop these guidance and policies by July 1, 2024. Section 5 of the Act provides that, effective as of January 1, 2023, the Counties must include the educational element in their comprehensive plans within the next comprehensive plan update following the Act’s enactment into law
Senate Bill 327
Legislative Highlights
Senate Bill 22
As chair of the Senate Environment & Energy Committee, Sen. Stephanie Hasen enacted legislation to protect Delaware’s native flora and fauna by limiting the sale of invasive plants, starting in 2022. Based on recommendations from the Statewide Ecological Extinction Task […]
Senate Bill 33
Sen. Stephanie Hansen further cemented her place as one of the General Assembly’s leading voices on the environment and energy by passing legislation that will significantly increase Delaware’s use of renewable energy for decades to come. Passed with bipartisan support, […]
Senate Bill 24 (S)
Continuing her work to protect Delaware’s natural environment from pollution, Sen. Stephanie Hansen enacted legislation to help curb the mass release of helium-filled balloons that clog Delaware’s waterways with petrochemical waste and threaten the lives of livestock and marine animals. […]
Senate Bill 2
Thousands of Delawareans previously unable to benefit from the cost savings and low carbon footprint of solar power are now able to reap the benefits of renewable energy thanks to a new class of community-solar generating facilities enabled by legislation […]
