NCSL Education Committee Roster

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Committee Description

The Education Committee has jurisdiction over P-20 education issues, including early childhood education, K-12 reform efforts, higher education, the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Higher Education Act, school violence, special education, teachers, school finance and adequacy.

NCSL Education Committee

Chair: Representative Rae Ann G. Kelsch, North Dakota
Vice Chair: Senator John W. Goedde, Idaho
Vice Chair: Representative Roy M. Takumi, Hawaii
Vice Chair: Representative Robert E. Walker, South Carolina
Vice Chair: Senator Sue Windels, Colorado
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Jim Argue, Arkansas
Staff Chair: Frances Ramirez Maestas, New Mexico
Staff Vice Chair: Shirley Iorio, North Carolina
Staff Vice Chair: Emilio Seijo Rivera, Puerto Rico
Staff Vice Chair: Jenny Wilhelm, Florida
Staff Vice Chair: Jan K. Yamane, Hawaii

NCSL CONTACTS: David Shreve (DC) Jennifer Stedron (Denver) Michelle Exstrom (Denver)

Alabama
Representative Yvonne Kennedy
Representative Jeremy H. Oden
Representative Terry Spicer
Representative Jim McClendon
Representative Ralph Anthony Howard
Representative Harry Shiver
Representative Tommy Sherer
Gene Murphee, Legislative Fiscal Office

Alaska
Sheila Peterson, Senator Gary Wilken
Ian Laing, Office of Senator Gary Stevens
Representative Robert L. Buch
Representative Bob Roses
Senator Gary L. Stevens
Senator Con Bunde
Senator Bettye Davis
Representative Mark Neuman
Representative Carl J. Gatto
Representative Mike Chenault

Arizona
Senator Paula Aboud
Senator John Huppenthal
Senator Karen S. Johnson
Senator Tom O'Halleran
Senator Charlene Pesquiera

Arkansas
Representative Bill G. Abernathy
Representative Toni C. Bradford
Senator Gilbert Baker
Senator Jack Crumbly
Senator Jim Argue

California
Senator Jack Scott

Colorado
Senator Bob Bacon
Representative Judy Solano
Representative Edward Casso
Julie Pelegrin, Legislative Legal Services
Senator Sue Windels

Connecticut
Representative Deborah Heinrich
Representative DebraLee Hovey
Angela Rehm, General Assembly - Commissioner Office
Representative Roberta B. Willis
Senator Joan V. Hartley
Senator Thomas P. Gaffey
Representative Andrew Fleischmann

Delaware
Representative Nancy H. Wagner
Stephanie Mantegna
Representative Joseph E. Miro
Senator David P. Sokola
Representative Vince A. Lofink
Representative Pamela S. Maier
Representative Nick Manolakos
Senator Patricia M. Blevins
Senator F. Gary Simpson

Florida
Lowell Matthews, Senate
Kathleen Del Monte, OPPAGA
David Summers, OPPAGA
Lynn Cobb, House of Representatives
Kurt Hamon, Senate Appropriations Committee
Jenny Wilhelm, OPPAGA

Georgia
Jena Davis, House Research
Representative Brooks Coleman Jr.
Representative Bill Hembree
Representative Jan Jones
Senator Joseph I. Carter
Senator Bill Cowsert
Senator Preston W. Smith
Senator Cecil Staton
Representative Katie M. Dempsey

Hawaii
Senator Norman Sakamoto
Representative Roy M. Takumi
Jan K. Yamane

Idaho
Senator John W. Goedde

Illinois
Senator Susan Garrett
Senator Dan Cronin

Indiana
Eric Gonzalez, House of Representatives
Leslie Hiner, IN House of Representatives
Chuck Mayfield, Legislative Services Agency
Senator Ronnie J. Alting
Senator Teresa Lubbers
Senator Luke Kenley
Senator Earline Rogers
Senator Connie Sipes
Representative Gregory W. Porter
Representative Paul J. Robertson

Iowa
Theresa Kehoe, Senate
Senator Michael W. Connolly
Senator Brian H. Schoenjahn
Senator Frank Wood
Representative Mary S. Mascher
Representative Art Staed

Kansas
Representative Clay Aurand
Representative Deena Horst
Representative Judith Loganbill
Representative Jo Ann Pottorff
Representative Suzanne S. Storm
Senator John L. Vratil
Senator Jean Kurtis Schodorf

Kentucky
Sharon Newman
Jonathan G Lowe, Legislative Research Commission
Representative Ted Edmonds
Senator Kenneth W. Winters
Representative Tom Riner
Senator Walter Blevins Jr.
Representative Frank Rasche
Representative Charles Siler
Senator John D. Westwood
Senator Brett Guthrie
Representative Charles Miller
Representative Derrick Graham Jr.

Louisiana
Representative Avon R. Honey
Senator Yvonne Dorsey
Senator Ben Nevers Sr.

Maine
Representative Elaine Makas
Representative Jacqueline R. Norton
Representative Patricia B. Sutherland
Senator Peter B. Bowman
Senator S. Peter Mills

Maryland
Mark Collins, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Senator Nancy J. King
Delegate Charles E. Barkley
Delegate Henry B. Heller
Carol L. Swan, Dept of Legislative Services/Ofc of Policy Analysis
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard
Senator Joan Carter Conway
Senator Janet Hines Greenip
Senator Paul G. Pinsky

Massachusetts
Senator Robert A. Antonioni

Michigan
Ellen Jeffries, Senate
Kathryn R. Summers-Coty, Senate Fiscal Agency
Mary A. Cleary, House Fiscal Agency
Joe Carrasco, Senate Fiscal Agency
Senator Ron Jelinek
Representative Joan Bauer
Representative Terry L. Brown
Representative Pam Byrnes
Representative Hoon-Yung Hopgood
Representative Tim Melton
Representative Paul E. Opsommer
Senator Wayne Kuipers
Senator Gretchen Whitmer
Senator Irma Clark-Coleman

Minnesota
Representative John Berns
Representative John H. Benson
Representative Robin Brown
Representative Sarah Anderson
Representative Bob Dettmer
Representative Sondra Erickson
Representative Mindy G. Greiling
Representative Bud Heidgerken
Representative Carolyn Laine
Representative Carlos Mariani
Representative Carol McFarlane
Representative Sandra Peterson
Doug Berg, House of Representatives
Senator Terri E. Bonoff
Senator Michelle L. Fischbach
Senator Gen Olson
Senator Sandy Rummel
Senator Kathy Saltzman
Senator LeRoy A. Stumpf
Senator Charles W. Wiger

Mississippi
Senator Lee Yancey
Sylvia Green, Office of the Speaker
Representative Rita R. Martinson
Frances Heidel

Missouri
Senator Robert Mayer
Senator Rita H. Days
Senator Gary Nodler
Senator Charlie Shields
Rebecca DeNeve, House of Representatives
Senator Chuck Graham
Representative Gayle Kingery
Representative Michael R. Brown
Representative Sara Lampe
Representative Martin T. Rucker

Montana
Representative Bill McChesney
Representative Roger Koopman
Senator Dan W. Harrington
Senator Bob Hawks
Senator Robert R. Story Jr.

Nebraska
Senator Greg L. Adams
Senator Bill Avery
Senator John N. Harms
Senator Gwen Howard
Senator Pete Pirsch
Senator Ron Raikes

Nevada
Senator Maurice E. Washington
Senator Joyce Woodhouse
Assemblymember Joe Hardy
Assemblymember Bonnie Parnell
Assemblymember Debbie Smith
Assemblymember Lynn D. Stewart
Senator Barbara K. Cegavske
Mindy Martini, LCB Research
Senator William J. Raggio
Senator Bernice Mathews
Susan Scholley, Legislative Counsel Bureau

New Hampshire
Representative Sharon M. Carson
Representative Robert A. Foose
Representative James O'Neil
Representative Emma L. Rous
Representative Nancy F. Stiles
Senator Peter Bragdon
Senator Iris W. Estabrook

New Jersey
Assemblymember Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.
Assemblymember Joan Voss
Assemblymember Pamela R. Lampitt

New Mexico
Frances Ramirez Maestas, Suite 200
Senator Cynthia Nava
Senator Mary Jane Garcia
Cathy Fernandez, Legislative Finance Committee
Senator Vernon D. Asbill
Senator Gay G. Kernan
Jonelle Maison, Legislative Council Service
Senator William E. Sharer
Senator Bernadette M. Sanchez
Senator Mary Kay Papen
Arley Williams, Legislative Finance Committee
Senator John Pinto
Representative Rick Miera
Senator Pete Campos
D. Pauline Rindone
Representative Sheryl Williams Stapleton
Representative Mimi Stewart
Representative Andrew J. Barreras
Representative Nora Lee Espinoza
Representative Mary Helen Garcia
Representative Shirley A. Tyler

New York
Senator Kenneth P. LaValle
Senator Stephen M. Saland

North Carolina
Senator Marc Basnight
Representative Alma S. Adams
Representative Larry M. Bell Sr.
Representative Larry R. Brown
Representative George G. Cleveland
Representative Susan C. Fisher
Representative Dale R. Folwell
Representative Rick Glazier
Representative Larry D. Hall
Representative Bryan R. Holloway
Representative Maggie Jeffus
Representative Linda P. Johnson
Representative Marvin Willis Lucas Jr.
Representative Marian N. McLawhorn
Representative Earline W. Parmon
Representative Ray Rapp
Representative Charles C. Thomas
Representative R. Tracy Walker
Representative Edith D. Warren
Representative Douglas Y. Yongue
Representative Laura I. Wiley
Shirley Iorio
Robin Johnson, House of Representatives

North Dakota
Representative Rae Ann G. Kelsch
Senator Layton W. Freborg

Ohio
Representative John Schlichter
Representative Clyde Evans
Representative Arlene Setzer
Senator Joy Padgett
Senator Tom Roberts

Oklahoma
Representative Neil Brannon
Representative Ann Coody
Representative David Dank
Representative Joe Dorman
Representative David Derby
Representative Chuck Hoskin
Representative Ed Cannaday
Representative Terry L. Ingmire
Representative Tad Jones
Representative Sally Kern
Representative Ray McCarter
Representative Bill Nations
Representative Pam Peterson
Representative Jabar Shumate
Representative Todd Thomsen
Representative Dale Turner
Kim Bishop, House Legal Division

Oregon
Representative Jean Cowan
Representative Larry Galizio
Representative Arnie Roblan

Pennsylvania
Representative Lawrence H. Curry
Representative Richard T. Grucela
Representative James R. Roebuck Jr.
Paula K. Hess, Office of the House Majority Leader
Randy Albright, State Senate
Elizabeth Craig, Senate Appropriations Cmmte

Puerto Rico
Representative Albita Rivera Ramirez
Emilio Seijo Rivera, Education & Culture Committee

Rhode Island
Senator Daniel J. Issa

South Carolina
Susan DeWitt, Senate Democratic Caucus
Representative Joseph H. Neal
Representative Vida O. Miller
Lisa Nichols, South Carolina Senate
Joren Bartlett, Board of Economic Advisors
Senator John E. Courson
Senator John W. Matthews Jr.
Senator Nikki G. Setzler
Senator Lewis R. Vaughn
Representative Robert E. Walker

South Dakota
Representative Al Novstrup
Representative Larry James Lucas
Representative Phyllis M. Heineman
Senator B.J. Ben Nesselhuf
Representative Bill Thompson
Representative Ed McLaughlin
Representative Michael Buckingham
Senator Ed Olson

Tennessee
Representative Mark L. Maddox

Texas
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Judith Zaffirini
Representative Geanie Morrison
Representative Harold V. Dutton Jr.
Representative Rene O. Oliveira
Representative Dora F. Olivo
Representative Scott Hochberg
Representative Rob Eissler
Representative Alma A. Allen
Representative Daniel H. Branch
Representative Joe Farias
Representative Donna Howard
Representative Diane Patrick

Utah
Senator Patricia W. Jones
Representative Bradley G. Last
Representative Karen W. Morgan
Senator Margaret Dayton
Debbie Headden, Legis Fiscal Analyst Office
Ben Leishman, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Office
Representative Kory M. Holdaway

Vermont
Mark Perrault, Legislative Fiscal Office
Anne Winchester, Legislative Council
Representative Janet Ancel
Representative Gregory S. Clark
Representative Carol Reed Hosford

Virginia
Delegate Adam P. Ebbin
Delegate James M. Scott
Delegate Robert Tata
Senator Harry B. Blevins
Senator Janet D. Howell
Delegate R. Steven Landes
Robert Rotz, JLARC
Senator R. Edward Houck
Senator Mamie E. Locke
Senator Dick L. Saslaw
Delegate Mamye E. BaCote
Delegate C. Todd Gilbert
Delegate Jimmie P. Massie III

Washington
Senator Marilyn Rasmussen
Barbara McLain, House Office of Program Research
Jack Archer, House Republican Caucus
Senator Rosemary McAuliffe
Sydney Forrester, Office of Program Research
Senator Phil Rockefeller
Representative Jim Dunn
Representative Mike Sells
Representative Deb Wallace

West Virginia
Delegate Mary M. Poling
Delegate Larry A. Williams
Senator Larry J. Edgell Jr.
Senator Billy Wayne Bailey Jr.
Senator Robert H. Plymale

Wisconsin
Representative Brett Davis
Senator John W. Lehman

Wyoming
Representative Bernadine L. Craft
Representative Del McOmie
Senator Kathryn L. Sessions
Senator Henry Coe
David R. Nelson, School Finance Section, Legislative Service Office