Senate Bill 65(S) is a bipartisan bill with lead bipartisan sponsorship from Senator Brian Pettyjohn and Representative Bill Bush that establishes the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program (“FAST”). It passed the House 40-0-1 and the Senate 21-0.
FAST will provide tuition, up to $9,000, to Delaware residents who have graduated high school or have received their GED so that they can attend a non-degree credit certificate program. The Workforce Development Board will create a list of non-degree credit certificate programs approved for the FAST program. This will help Delawareans complete training programs in a skilled field that does not require a college degree, like a skilled trade such as electrician, plumbers, etc.
Senate Bill 65(S) Sponsors | Yes Vote | No Vote |
Pettyjohn, Hocker, WIlson, Mantzavinos, Paradee, Sokola | Senate Passed 21-0. Brown Ennis Gay Hansen Lockman Mantzavinos Paradee Pinkney Poore S.McBride Sokola Sturgeon Townsend Walsh Bonini Hocker Lawson Lopez Pettyjohn Richardson Wilson | |
Bush, Bennett, Brady, Shupe, Briggs King, Dukes, D.Short, M.Smith, Spiegelman, Yearick | House Passed 40-0-1. Baumbach Bennett Bentz Bolden Brady Bush Carson Chukwuocha Cooke Dorsey-Walker Griffith Heffernan K.Johnson K.Williams Kowalko Lambert Longhurst Lynn Matthews Minor-Brown Mitchell Morrison Osienski S.Moore Schwartzkopf Wilson-Anton Briggs King Collins D.Short Dukes Gray Hensley M.Smith Morris Ramone Shupe Smyk Spiegelman Vanderwende Yearick | Postles (Absent) |
Current Status — | Sent to Governor |
Rep. Bush: “I am pleased that SS1 to SB 65 passed the House of Representatives today and is on its way to the Governor. […] FAST will provide tuition assistance to Delaware residents who have obtained a high school diploma, diploma of alternate achievement standards, or a Delaware secondary credential and have enrolled in an approved non-degree credit certificate program.”
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