Delaware public schools will soon be required to include crisis hotline information on student identification cards under new legislation targeting grades 7 through 12.
The measure mandates that schools print specific contact information on student ID cards, including the Teen Dating Violence Hotline at 1-866-331-9474 or text “loveis” to 22522, and the Stop Bullying Now Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). Previously, including this information was at the discretion of individual schools.
The legislation also eliminates previous application deadlines from earlier versions of the law that covered both middle and high school ID cards as well as college student identification cards. Lawmakers removed these dates to prevent confusion about whether the requirements were only temporary measures for specific academic years.
Under the updated law, the hotline requirements will become mandatory starting July 1, 2026. The bill also includes technical language adjustments to align with current legislative drafting standards.
