Education Committee, Arkansas State Senate
The Education Committee is a standing committee of the Arkansas State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Arkansas State Senate are assigned by seniority. Starting with the most senior member, every senator chooses a committee. Once the most junior senator has chosen, everyone selects again in the same order. The President of the Senate then appoints additional senators to any committees with less than eight members.[1] If a senator is elected to fill a mid-term vacancy by special election, the incoming senator assumes any committee responsibilities of the previous senator, but cannot serve as a Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson.[2] Committees are assigned at the start of each legislative session.[3] It is not stated what constitutes a committee's quorum. The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | This committee reviews matters pertaining to public kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult education, vocational education, vocational-technical schools, vocational rehabilitation, higher education, private educational institutions, and similar legislation. | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Education Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Education Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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Lance Eads (R) left this committee on October 28, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Education Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(1) |
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Education Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Joyce Elliott, Vice chair | • Jane English, Chair | |||
| • Linda Chesterfield | • Alan Clark | |||
| • Uvalde Lindsey | • Jim Hendren | |||
| • Blake Johnson | ||||
| • Bart Hester | ||||
2015 legislative session
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The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Education Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Uvalde Lindsey, Vice chair | • Jane English, Chair | |||
| • Bobby Pierce | • Eddie Joe Williams | |||
| • Eddie Cheatham | • Alan Clark | |||
| • Blake Johnson | ||||
| • Jim Hendren | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Education Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Joyce Elliott, Vice Chair | • Johnny Key, Chair | |||
| • Uvalde Lindsey | • Jason Rapert | |||
| • Eddie Cheatham | • Bruce Holland | |||
| • Alan Clark | ||||
| • Jim Hendren | ||||
2011-2012
| Education Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jimmy Jeffress, Chair | • Gilbert Baker | |||
| • Mary Anne Salmon | • Kim Hendren | |||
| • Joyce Elliott | • Bruce Holland | |||
| • Gene Jeffress | • Johnny Key | |||
2009-2010
| Education Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Michael Broadway | • Kim Hendren | |||
| • Steve Bryles | • Johnny Key | |||
| • Joyce Elliott | ||||
| • Gene Jeffress | ||||
| • Jimmy Jeffress | ||||
| • Mary Salmon | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.01-b-2)
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.02-d)
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.01-b-1)
- ↑ Arkansas Senate, "Education Committee - Senate," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.