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Subchapter I. Composition, Organization and Administration
§ 101. Establishment of the Department of Education. - The general administration of the educational interests of the State...
§ 102. Secretary; Deputy, Associate and Assistant Secretaries; Acting Secretary; appointment. - (a) The administrator and head of the Department shall be...
§ 103. Powers, duties and functions of the Secretary. - (a) The Secretary may: (1) Supervise, direct and account for...
§ 104. State Board of Education; composition; term; powers and duties; qualifications; vacancies; staggered appointments; office location; compensation; removal. - (a) The State Board of Education, referred throughout this subchapter...
§ 105. State Board of Education procedures. - (a) The State Board shall hold an annual meeting in...
§ 106. Advisory Board to the Secretary of Education. - There shall be formed an Advisory Board to the Secretary...
§ 107. P-20 Council. - (a) There shall be formed a P-20 Council to coordinate...
Subchapter II. Powers and Duties
§ 121. General powers of the Department of Education. - (a) The Department shall exercise general control and supervision over...
§ 122. Rules and regulations. - (a) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations, consistent with...
§ 123. Funds from insurance; retention and use. - Any funds received by the Department from any insurance company...
§ 124. Annual report. - The Department shall submit to the Governor, each year on...
§ 124A. Education Profile reports [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 25, § 2]. - (a) On or before August 15, 2003, and on or...
§ 125. Penalty for false testimony. - Whoever, having been sworn or affirmed under § 121(a)(13) of...
§ 126. Leases with the federal government. - The Department may enter into contracts with the government of...
§ 127. Driver education instruction in nonpublic high schools. - The Department of Education shall, subject to the approval of...
§ 128-130. Responsibility for property of former Educational Television Board; educational television; Public Educational Broadcasting Authority. - Repealed by 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 13, effective...
§ 131. Public school enrollees' immunization program; exemptions. - (a) The Department shall from time to time, with advice...
§ 132. Education Science in Motion Fund; receipts; rules and regulations. - (a) This section authorizes the creation of a special fund...
§ 134. Lead paint on outdoor structures. - All provisions of this title must comply with Chapter 30M...
§ 135. Purple Star Schools. - (a) The Delaware Department of Education shall designate any school,...
Subchapter III. State Public Education Assessment and Accountability System
§ 151. State assessment system; rules and regulations. - (a) The Department shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with...
§ 152. State high school diploma requirements [For application of this section, see 81 Del. Laws, c. 229, § 2]. - (a) The Department of Education shall award a regular “State...
§ 153. Matriculation and academic promotion requirements. - (a) The Department shall identify 4 levels of individual student...
§ 154. School accountability for academic performance. - (a) The Department shall create a program to provide the...
§ 155. School district and school board accountability for academic performance. - (a) The Department shall create a program to provide the...
§ 156. Department of Education accountability for academic performance. - (a) An effectively functioning Department of Education should serve as...
§ 157. Parental involvement in education, expectations of parents, expectations of schools and school personnel. - (a) There is no adequate substitute for the involvement of...
§ 158. Reading screening. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Literacy intervention approaches”...
§ 159. State high school diploma for veterans serving during times of war or conflict. - (a) Notwithstanding any statute, rule or regulation to the contrary,...
Subchapter III-A. Interstate Compact on Education for Children of Military Families
§ 160A. Purpose. - It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers...
§ 161A. Definitions. - As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires...
§ 162A. Applicability. - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B. of this...
§ 163A. Educational records and enrollment. - A. Unofficial or “hand-carried” education records. — In the event...
§ 164A. Placement and attendance. - A. Course placement. — When the student transfers before or...
§ 165A. Eligibility. - A. Eligibility for enrollment. — (1) Special power of attorney,...
§ 166A. Graduation. - In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of...
§ 167A. State coordination. - A. Each member state shall, through the creation of a...
§ 168A. Interstate Commission on educational opportunity for military children. - The member states hereby create the “Interstate Commission on Educational...
§ 169A. Powers and duties of the Interstate Commission. - The Interstate Commission shall have the following powers: (A) To...
§ 170A. Organization and operation of the Interstate Commission. - (A) The Interstate Commission shall, by a majority of the...
§ 171A. Rulemaking functions of the Interstate Commission. - (A) Rulemaking authority. — The Interstate Commission shall promulgate reasonable...
§ 172A. Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution. - (A) Oversight. — (1) The executive, legislative and judicial branches...
§ 173A. Financing of the Interstate Commission. - (A) The Interstate Commission shall pay, or provide for the...
§ 174A. Member states, effective date and amendment. - (A) Any state is eligible to become a member state....
§ 175A. Withdrawal and dissolution. - (A) Withdrawal. — (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue...
§ 176A. Severability and construction. - (A) The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and...
§ 177A. Binding effect of Compact and other laws. - (A) Other laws. — (1) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement...
Subchapter IV. State Assessment System Security and Violations
§ 170. Definitions. - For purposes of this subchapter only, the following terms shall...
§ 171. Security and data procedures. - (a) The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure...
§ 172. Assessment behavior violations. - It is an assessment security violation for an individual to...
§ 173. Data reporting violations. - School districts and individuals shall not: (1) Fail to report...
§ 174. Civil sanctions for violations. - (a) A student who violates any of the provisions of...
Subchapter V. Delaware Higher Education Office
§ 180. Purpose. - The Delaware Higher Education Office serves as a source of...
§ 181. Responsibilities. - The Office shall do all of the following: (1) Ensure...
§ 182. Staff. - The Department of Education may employ a Director of the...
§ 183. Regulations. - The Department of Education, through the Delaware Higher Education Office,...
§ 184. Regulations. - Transferred by 77 Del. Laws, c. 431, effective July 23,...
Subchapter VI. Institutions of Higher Education
§ 185. Definitions. - For purposes of this subchapter: (1) “Accrediting agency” means an...
§ 186. Certificate of approval to operate a postsecondary institution. - (a) No person may operate a postsecondary institution without having...
§ 187. Application requirements and procedures. - (a) A person desiring to obtain a certificate of approval...
§ 188. Restriction of certificate to fields indicated in application; supplementary applications. - A person's certificate of approval is restricted to the courses,...
§ 189. Fees. - The Department may establish application fees for approval and renewal...
§ 190. Denial of certificates of approval. - (a) The Department may deny an application for a certificate...
§ 191. Revocation of certificates of approval. - (a) The Department may revoke a certificate of approval that...
§ 192. Ceasing operation. - (a) All postsecondary institutions that have been approved to confer...
§ 193. Consumer fair practices and complaints. - (a) This section applies to all postsecondary institutions and private...
§ 194. Regulations. - The Department of Education is authorized to adopt rules and...