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State Board approves education regulations and forwards feedback on contested rule
Summary
The State Board approved multiple Department and Professional Standards Board regulations (12‑11, 12‑16, 12‑17, 15‑71, 15‑73) and voted to forward a board letter responding to regulation 15‑96 to the Professional Standards Board.
The State Board of Education approved a package of Delaware Department of Education regulations and several Professional Standards Board rules at its meeting.
Juliette Morawski, director of the department’s higher-education office, presented regulations 12‑11, 12‑16 and 12‑17 for action and noted the department received no public comments on the package. “There were no comments received,” she said. Griffin moved approval of the three regulations and the board carried the motion.
Dr. Linnea Bradshaw, executive director of the Professional Standards Board, reviewed two professional-standards regulations for action. On regulation 15‑71 (special education teacher certification), Bradshaw said the rule had one public comment and clarified that multiple certification routes were already covered by the language. The board moved and approved regulation 15‑71. The board also approved regulation 15‑73; Bradshaw said the requirement will not take effect for two years, and recommended attention to literacy and specialized professional development for students with disabilities.
The board also discussed regulation 15‑96, which had been rejected at the board’s prior meeting in March. President Birmingham noted the board provided a letter outlining the reasons for its rejection and had directed staff to convene stakeholders to develop a path forward. Griffin moved, and the board approved, sending the letter to the Professional Standards Board.
What was decided: Motions to approve the cited regulations were carried; the board voted to forward its written feedback on regulation 15‑96 to the Professional Standards Board for further collaborative editing.
What remains open: Several regulations are in public-comment windows (for example, 15‑94’s comment period remains open through May 1) and the board asked staff to convene stakeholders to negotiate next steps on 15‑96.
The meeting record shows votes were taken by voice and recorded as “motion carries” in the minutes; specific roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript.
