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Education Committee, Colorado House of Representatives
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The Education Committee is a standing committee of the Colorado House of Representatives.
Per House Rule 25 standing committees for the Colorado House of Representatives are appointed during the first session after a general election.[1] All appointments last until the first regular session after the next general election.[2] With the exception of the House Workplace Harassment Committee, all committees have between nine and 19 members, as decided by the Speaker of the House.[3] The House Workplace Harassment Committee consists of only six members.[4] The Speaker of the House appoints the chairman and vice-chairman of each committee.[5] The party representation is set proportionally to reflect the party representation in the House.[6]
See rules: Standing Rules of the House
Function
| “ | The House Education Committee considers matters concerning K-12 public schools, including public school accountability and school finance; and higher education, including administration and governance, tuition, and financial assistance. In addition, the committee has legislative oversight responsibility for the departments of Education and Higher Education.[7][8] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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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 (7) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Brittany Pettersen, Chair | • Justin Everett | |||
| • Janet Buckner, Vice chair | • Timothy Leonard | |||
| • Jeff Bridges | • Paul Lundeen | |||
| • Thomas Exum, Sr. | • Clarice Navarro-Ratzlaff | |||
| • Alec Garnett | • Lang Sias | |||
| • Pete Lee | • James Wilson | |||
| • Barbara Hall McLachlan | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Education Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • John Buckner, Chair | • Justin Everett | |||
| • Brittany Pettersen, Vice chair | • Paul Lundeen | |||
| • Rhonda Fields | • Kevin Priola | |||
| • Alec Garnett | • James Wilson | |||
| • Pete Lee | • JoAnn Windholz | |||
| • Dominick Moreno | ||||
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 (7) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Millie Hamner, Chair | • Justin Everett | |||
| • Cherylin Peniston, Vice Chair | • Chris Holbert | |||
| • John Buckner | • Lois Landgraf | |||
| • Lois Court | • Carole Murray | |||
| • Rhonda Fields | • Kevin Priola | |||
| • Brittany Pettersen | • Jim Wilson | |||
| • Dave Young | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Education Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Millie Hamner | • Tom Massey, Chair | |||
| • Andrew Kerr | • Donald Beezley, Vice Chair | |||
| • Cherylin Peniston | • Chris Holbert | |||
| • Sue Schafer | • Janak Joshi | |||
| • Judith Anne Solano | • Carole Murray | |||
| • Nancy Todd | • Robert Ramirez | |||
| • Kenneth Summers | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(c))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(c))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(g))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(f.5)(1))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(d))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "House Rules - Committees," accessed March 1, 2021(Section 25(h))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Education," accessed March 1, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
