Education Committee

The Education Committee provides a forum in which legislators share emerging strategies for a wide range of education topics. A key area of discussion this year is P-20 education and its relationship to cultivating a strong workforce. Focus areas include STEM, technical education, lifelong learning models, course credit for military service, declining enrollment, social-emotional learning, and research-based outcomes, among others.

For more information on the committee, please contact Jonathan Lennartz, Policy Committee & Programs Coordinator.

Committee Leadership

Representative Cathy Kipp

Colorado

Co-Chair

Representative Julie Yamamoto

Idaho

Co-Chair

Committee Roster

Alaska

Senator Gary Stevens
Senator Löki Tobin
Representative Jamie Allard
Representative Alyse Galvin
Representative Rebecca Himschoot
Representative Daniel Ortiz
Representative Calvin Schrage
Representative Andi Story

Arizona

Representative Jennifer Pawlik
Representative Beverly Pingerelli

California

Assemblymember Megan Dahle
Assemblymember Alex Lee
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty
Assemblymember Tina McKinnor
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
Assemblymember Liz Ortega

Colorado

Senator Mark Baisley
Senator Janet Buckner
Senator Rhonda Fields
Senator Chris Kolker
Senator Paul Lundeen
Senator Janice Marchman
Senator Janice Rich
Representative Jennifer Bacon
Representative Mary Bradfield
Representative Eliza Hamrick
Representative Cathy Kipp
Representative Meghan Lukens
Representative Barbara McLachlan
Representative Emily Sirota
Representative Mary Young

Hawaii

Senate Vice President Michelle Kidani
Senator Donna Mercado Kim
Senator Herbert M. “Tim” Richards, III
Representative Diamond Garcia
Representative Jeanne Kapela
Representative Lisa Marten
Representative Amy Perruso
Representative Justin Woodson

Idaho

Senator Dave Lent
Senator Janie Ward-Engelking

Montana

Senator Theresa Manzella
Senator Edie McClafferty
Senator Shannon O’Brien
Senator Andrea Olsen
Senator Keith Regier
Senator Daniel Salomon
Representative Fred Anderson
Representative Brad Barker
Representative Marta Bertoglio
Representative Connie Keogh

New Mexico

President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart
Senator Craig Brandt
Senator Pete Campos
Senator David Gallegos
Senator Brenda McKenna
Senator Michael Padilla
Senator Harold Pope
Senator Bill Soules
Representative Brian Baca
Representative Joy Garratt
Representative G. Andres Romero

Nevada

Senator Fabian Doñate
Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop
Assemblywoman Natha Anderson
Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod
Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy
Assemblywoman Angie Taylor

Oregon

Senator Dick Anderson
Senator Michael Dembrow
Senator Lew Frederick
Senator Sara Gelser Blouin
Senator Suzanne Weber
Representative Emily McIntire
Representative Courtney Neron

Utah

Senator Lincoln Fillmore
Representative Dan Johnson
Senator Karen Kwan
Senator Mike K. McKell
Senator Ann Millner
Representative Candice Pierucci
Senator Kathleen Riebe
Senator Jerry W. Stevenson
Representative Doug Welton

Washington

Senator Emily Randall
Senator Lisa Wellman
Senator Claire Wilson
Representative Lisa Callan
Representative Mari Leavitt
Representative My-Linh Thai

Wyoming

Senator Bo Biteman
Senator Evie Brennan
Representative Martha Lawley
Representative Karlee Provenza

Past Committee Rosters

2021-2022

Co-Chair

Assemblymember Kevin McCarty
California

Co-Chair

Senator Ann Millner
Utah

Alaska

Senator Tom Begich
Senator Paul Boyer
Senator Roger Holland
Senator Gary Stevens
Representative Harriet Drummond
Representative Andrea Story

Arizona

n/a

California

Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh
Assemblymember Steve Bennett
Assemblymember Jim Frazier
Assemblymember Alex Lee
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty
Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell
Assemblymember Thurston “Smitty” Smith

Colorado

Representative Cathy Kipp
Representative Barbara McLachlan
Representative Tonya Van Beber
Representative Mary Young

Hawaii

Senator Michelle N. Kidani
Representative Sonny Ganaden
Representative Cedric Asuega Gates
Representative Sharon E. Har
Representative Troy Hashimoto
Representative Jeanne Kapela
Representative Bertrand Kobayashi
Representative Sam Kong
Representative Gregg Takayama
Representative Justin Woodson

Idaho

Senator Dave Lent
Senator Janie Marcel Ward-Engelking
Representative Matthew “Matt” Bundy
Representative Lance W. Clow
Representative Gayann DeMordaunt
Representative Codi Galloway
Representative Wendy Horman
Representative Ryan Kerby
Representative Gary Marshall
Representative Chris Mathias
Representative Tony Wisniewski

Montana

Senator Edie McClafferty
Senator Shannon O’Brien
Senator Daniel Salomon
Senator Mark Sweeney
Senator Susan A. Webber
Representative Fred Anderson
Representative Marta Bertoglio
Representative Michele Binkley
Representative Moffie Funk
Representative Donavon Hawk
Representative Connie Keogh
Representative Scot Kerns
Representative Brandon Ler
Representative Wendy McKamey

Nevada

Senator Mo Denis
Senator Marilyn Dondero Loop
Assemblywoman Natha C. Anderson
Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod
Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy
Assemblywoman Brittney Miller

New Mexico

Senator Craig Brandt
Senator Pete Campos
Senator David Gallegos
Senator Brenda Grace McKenna
Senator Michael Padilla
Senator Harold James Pope, Jr.
Senator Bill Soules
Senator Mimi Stewart
Representative Debra M. Sariñana

Oregon

(Presently none)

Utah

Senator Ann Millner
Senator Kathleen Riebe
Representative Melissa Garff Ballard
Representative Dan Johnson
Representative Kelly B. Miles
Representative Jefferson Moss
Representative Susan Pulsipher
Representative Christine F. Watkins

Washington

Senator Lisa Wellman
Representative Lisa Callan
Representative Paul Harris
Representative Mari Leavitt
Representative Lillian Ortiz-Self
Representative My-Linh Thai