General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 21, 2026
Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Looks like all the bills on yesterday’s Senate Agenda passed without controversy.
I haven’t checked today’s agendas yet. However, the General Assembly will be out of session for the next two weeks for budget mark-up.
OK, with that out of the way, let’s see what goodies await us today. Yep, today’s Senate Agenda looks like a clearinghouse for Senate bills that members of the body want prioritized in the House.
The Building And Construction Trades will benefit from SB 272 (Walsh), which ‘requires that if public works project is for a school district and has an aggregate cost of $1 million or more, a contract relating to that public works project, advertised after December 31, 2026, must include a project labor agreement with the Delaware Building and Construction Trades Council unless there was only 1 bid for the craft under the contract.’ Look for a straight party line vote on this one.
Didn’t find much of interest on today’s House Agenda–although I can’t resist commenting on HB 350(Neal), which ‘requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with school districts, charter schools, and vocational-technical school districts, to make findings and recommendations regarding the advisability of incorporating Delaware homeschool students into public school extracurricular activities within the public school that the student would be attending based on residence if that student were enrolled in public school or within charter schools or vocational-technical school districts…’
One factor the Department of Education may, or may not, wish to consider, can be found on one of the funniest bumper stickers I’ve ever seen:
‘Danger! Unsocialized Homeschool Kids On Board’.
(Well, I found it funny…)
Better yet, how about establishing “homeschool districts”? One, maybe two, in each county. Each district could have its own set of clubs, maybe even football and basketball teams. They could meet in church basements, rent gym space at the nearest Y, set their own rules and eligibility requirements.
If these parents don’t think the public schools provide a good enough education for their kids, why should they want to participate in extracurriculars at those schools? (Unless they’re looking for after-school childcare.)