Delaware 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 90 — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUSSEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL.

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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 20, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Matt Meyer (Democratic) on September 02, 2025.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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  • 8 sponsors

    8 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

This bill removes the current specific tax rate and enrollment limitations placed on Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District. Future tax rates shall be determined by the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District. The enrollment capacity limitations shall be established by the Certificate of Need determined by the Delaware Department of Education.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

49 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment removes the tax provisions from the bill that would have allowed the Sussex County Vocational-Technical School District to levy additional taxes for school purposes. As a result, the current tax restrictions in the Delaware Code remain in place, meaning that the district cannot raise the proposed new tax rates for school funding. This change maintains the existing limits on tax revenue that the district can collect.

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Short HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO.
Short & Rep.
1 TO HOUSE BILL NO.
Dukes & Sen.
90 AMEND House Bill No.
Pettyjohn Reps.
90 by deleting lines 1 through 11 in their entirety.
Hilovsky, Morris;
FURTHER AMEND House Bill No.
Sens.
90 on line 12 by deleting the phrase “Section 2” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase “Section 1”.
Hocker, Huxtable, Wilson HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE BILL NO.
SYNOPSIS This amendment removes the tax provisions from the bill, leaving the current tax restrictions in the Code.
90 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SUSSEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL- TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1.
Amend § 2601, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 2601.
Power of county vocational-technical high school districts and county vocational-technical school districts to levy taxes for school purposes [Effective until fulfillment of 80 Del.
Laws, c.
19, § 2].
(a) Any county vocational-technical high school district or county vocational-technical center district may, in addition to the amounts appropriated to it by the General Assembly, levy and collect additional taxes for school purposes upon the assessed value of real estate in such district, as determined and fixed for county taxation purposes.
purposes, however:
(1) The amount to be raised by taxation for current expense must not exceed 26.50 cents on each $100 value of real property in Sussex County for the tax year 2021, 27.50 cents for tax year 2022, 28.50 cents for tax year 2023, 29.50 cents for tax year 2024 and all years thereafter.
Section 2.
Amend § 2605, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 2605.
Enrollment in the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District.
(a) Enrollment for the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District must not exceed 1,300 students in grades 9-12 for school year 2021-2022, 1,350 students for school year 2022-2023, 1,400 students for school year 2023- 2024 and 1,450 students for school year 2024-2025 and all years thereafter.
(a)(b) For any school year in which the number of applications for admission exceeds the number of students to be enrolled, the District’s allowed student enrollment capacity, the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District shall conduct a random lottery admitting student number “1” and progressing consecutively thereafter until the total number of students to be admitted has been reached.
However, the number of students admitted from any 1 Sussex County school HR :
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03/20/2025 11:28 AM district shall not exceed the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District’s enrollment, outlined in subsection (a) of this section, as a percentage of Sussex County’s total eighth grade enrollment.
(b)(c) The Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District may only provide preferences in student admissions to any of the following:
(1) Siblings of students currently enrolled at the school.
(2) Children of persons employed on a permanent basis for at least 30.0 hours per week during the school year by the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District.
(c)(d) The Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District is prohibited from denying any applicant for enrollment whose GPA falls below the 70th percentile or who has failed any eighth grade course from its lottery for admission, unless the student does not remain academically eligible for promotion according to the standards set by the Department of Education.
(d)(e) Except in cases of expulsion subject to the provisions of § 4130 of this title, the Sussex County Vocational- Technical High School District shall be prohibited from removing a student from its enrollment for disciplinary reasons without the consent of the student’s parents/guardians and the student’s school district of residence.
SYNOPSIS This bill removes the current specific tax rate and enrollment limitations placed on Sussex County Vocational- Technical High School District.
Future tax rates shall be determined by the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District.
The enrollment capacity limitations shall be established by the Certificate of Need determined by the Delaware Department of Education.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT

  3. Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits

  4. Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

  5. Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT

  6. Amendment HA 1 to HB 90 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  7. Amendment HA 1 to HB 90 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  8. Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits

  9. Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

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8 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 54 not signed on

Sponsors (8)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (54)

54 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SM

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 14001
Republican 5001
Total 19002
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Bryan Townsend Democratic Yea
Daniel Cruce Democratic Yea
Darius J. Brown Democratic Not Voting
David P. Sokola Democratic Yea
John "Jack" Walsh Democratic Yea
Kyra L. Hoffner Democratic Yea
Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic Yea
Marie Pinkney Democratic Yea
Nicole Poore Democratic Yea
Ray Seigfried Democratic Yea
Russell Huxtable Democratic Yea
S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic Yea
Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic Yea
Stephanie L. Hansen Democratic Yea
Trey Paradee Democratic Yea
Brian Pettyjohn Republican Yea
Bryant L. Richardson Republican Yea
Dave G. Lawson Republican Not Voting
David L. Wilson Republican Yea
Eric Buckson Republican Yea
Gerald W. Hocker Republican Yea

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Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 25001
Republican 14000
Unaffiliated 0001
Total 39002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Stell Parker Selby — Not Voting
Claire Snyder-Hall Democratic Yea
Cyndie Romer Democratic Yea
DeShanna U Neal Democratic Yea
Debra Heffernan Democratic Yea
Edward S. Osienski Democratic Yea
Eric Morrison Democratic Yea
Frank Burns Democratic Yea
Franklin D. Cooke Democratic Yea
Josue O Ortega Democratic Yea
Kamela T Smith Democratic Yea
Kendra Johnson Democratic Yea
Kerri Evelyn Harris Democratic Yea
Kimberly Williams Democratic Yea
Krista Griffith Democratic Yea
Larry Lambert Democratic Yea
Madinah Wilson-Anton Democratic Not Voting
Mara Gorman Democratic Yea
Melanie Ross Levin Democratic Yea
Melissa Minor-Brown Democratic Yea
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Democratic Yea
Sean M. Lynn Democratic Yea
Sherae'a Moore Democratic Yea
Sophie Phillips Democratic Yea
Stephanie T. Bolden Democratic Yea
William Bush Democratic Yea
William J. Carson Democratic Yea
Bryan W. Shupe Republican Yea
Charles S Postles Jr. Republican Yea
Daniel B. Short Republican Yea
Jeff Hilovsky Republican Yea
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Republican Yea
Jesse R. Vanderwende Republican Yea
Kevin S Hensley Republican Yea
Lyndon D. Yearick Republican Yea
Michael F. Smith Republican Yea
Richard G. Collins Republican Yea
Ronald E. Gray Republican Yea
Shannon Morris Republican Yea
Timothy D. Dukes Republican Yea
Valerie Jones Giltner Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 90 do?
This bill removes the current specific tax rate and enrollment limitations placed on Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District. Future tax rates shall be determined by the Sussex County Vocational-Technical High School District. The enrollment capacity limitations shall be established by the Certificate of Need determined by the Delaware Department of Education.
Who sponsors HB 90?
HB 90 is sponsored by Stell Parker Selby, David L. Wilson (Republican), Russell Huxtable (Democratic), Shannon Morris (Republican), Laura V. Sturgeon (Democratic), Brian Pettyjohn (Republican), Timothy D. Dukes (Republican), and Daniel B. Short (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 90?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 20, 2025. Enacted.
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