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Bills in the Legislature
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House Substitute 1 for House Bill 203 (Financial Literacy) legis.delaware.gov
Introduced on June 10, 2025
The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act would provide Delaware students with additional life skills by making financial literacy part of the curricula required for high school graduation. The bill would require all schools serving high school students to provide at least a half credit on financial literacy and make completion of the course a graduation requirement, starting with students entering the ninth grade in the 2026-2027 school year.
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Senate Bill 24 (Card Check Organizing) legis.delaware.gov
Introduced on May 7, 2025
This measure would streamline the process for public sector workers to form labor unions. Under current law, state employees wishing to collectively bargain for better wages and working conditions must first file a petition with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) with signatures from 30% of the workers who would be eligible for union membership. Following a PERB hearing and additional opportunities for both sides to determine a final appropriate bargaining unit, current state law requires a majority of employees in that unit to vote in favor of certifying their union. Under this bill, public employees would be permitted to skip certification elections if more than 50% of the workers eligible for union membership sign a petition filed with the PERB, sometimes referred to as a card. Card check certification is already permitted in several states including Maryland, Maine, Oregon and Illinois.
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House Substitute 1 for House Bill 130 (Union Information Sharing) legis.delaware.gov
Introduced on May 6, 2025
A companion to Senate Bill 24, this legislation would further strengthen public employee unions by requiring public employers to routinely provide accurate and up-to-date information about bargaining union employees to the union that represents them. HB 130 (S) also would require public employers to permit union members to use their work-based email and publicly owned facilities to discuss collective bargaining, workplace grievances and other union matters, consistent with applicable policies and governmental operations. Most of the data is currently provided by public employers — but it is often on an inconsistent, ad hoc basis that is not currently protected in state law.
