HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 287

AS AMENDED BY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 152, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 152. State high school diploma requirements ; certificate of performance .

(a) The Department of Education shall award a regular "State of Delaware High School Diploma" to a student graduating from a Delaware public high school.

(b) The Department shall award diplomas under subsection (a) of this section to students who:

(1) Successfully complete the prescribed course requirements established by the State, or the district or charter school , if district or charter school credit requirements are higher than those of the State; and

(d) The Department shall issue a Certificate of Performance award a State of Delaware – Diploma of Alternate Achievement Standards to a student who has met the requirements of the student's Individualized Education Program but has not completed will not complete the high school graduation course credit requirements established by the State, or the district, if district credit requirements are higher than those of the State State, district, or charter school for a regular “State of Delaware High School Diploma” under subsection (a) of this section .

(e) The Department, with the consent of the State Board of Education, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.

Section 2. If this Act is enacted before or on June 30, 2018, this Act takes effect on July 1, 2018 and is applicable beginning in the 2018 through 2019 academic school year. If this Act is enacted after June 30, 2018, this Act takes effect on July 1, 2019 and is applicable beginning in the 2019 through 2020 academic school year.