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The Education Committee is a standing committee of the Iowa House of Representatives.

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Per the House Rules, committees of the Iowa House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House. The rules do not specify how often committees are assigned. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

House Education Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (7)	Republican members (16)	Third-party members(0)
Mary Madison Elinor Levin Monica Hosch Kurth Eric Gjerde Tracy Ehlert Heather Matson Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	Skyler Wheeler Chair Samantha Fett Vice Chair Ryan Weldon Henry Stone Jeff Shipley Tom Moore Barb Kniff McCulla Craig Johnson Heather Hora Chad Ingels Robert Henderson Helena Hayes Dan Gehlbach Steven Bradley Brooke Boden Chad Behn

2023-2024 legislative session

House Education Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Sharon Steckman Ranking Member Art Staed Heather Matson Mary Madison Monica Hosch Kurth Tracy Ehlert Sue Cahill Molly Buck	Skyler Wheeler Chair Craig Johnson Vice Chair Heather Hora Ray Sorensen Anne Osmundson Tom Moore Chad Ingels Bill Gustoff Steven Holt Dan Gehlbach Joel Fry Taylor Collins Steven Bradley Brooke Boden Henry Stone

2021-2022 legislative session

House Education Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (8)	Republican members (15)	Third-party members(0)
Ras Smith Ranking member Mary Mascher Sharon Steckman Art Staed Tracy Ehlert Molly Donahue Sue Cahill Cindy Winckler	Dustin Hite Chair Skyler Wheeler Vice chair John Wills Phil Thompson Henry Stone Ray Sorensen Sandy Salmon Tom Moore Chad Ingels David Kerr Garrett Gobble Joel Fry Cecil Dolecheck Holly Brink Jacob Bossman

2019-2020 legislative session

House Education Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (11)	Republican members (12)	Third-party members(0)
Ras Smith Ranking Member Heather Matson Sharon Steckman Art Staed Monica Hosch Kurth Mary Mascher Lindsay James Ruth Ann Gaines Tracy Ehlert Molly Donahue Cindy Winckler	Cecil Dolecheck Chair Tedd Gassman Vice Chair Skyler Wheeler Jeff Shipley Sandy Salmon Tom Moore Norlin Mommsen Ann Meyer David Kerr Mary Ann Hanusa Joel Fry Holly Brink

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Education Members, 2017
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)
• Sharon Steckman	• Walt Rogers, Chair
• Wesley Breckenridge	• Greg Forristall, Vice chair
• Timi Brown-Powers	• Jim Carlin
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Curt Hanson	• Joel Fry
• Mary Mascher	• Tedd Gassman
• Amy Nielsen	• Kristi Hager
• Ras Smith	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Art Staed	• Megan Jones
	• Kevin Koester
	• Norlin Mommsen
	• Tom Moore
	• Sandy Salmon
	• Skyler Wheeler

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Education Members, 2015
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (13)
• Patti Ruff	• Ron Jorgensen, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Tedd Gassman, Vice chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Timi Brown-Powers
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Josh Byrnes
• Curt Hanson	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Mary Mascher	• Greg Forristall
• Art Staed	• Joel Fry
• Quentin Stanerson	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Sharon Steckman	• Jake Highfill
• Cindy Winckler	• Kevin Koester
	• Norlin Mommsen
	• Sandy Salmon
	• David Sieck

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Education Members, 2013
Democratic members (10)	Republican members (13)
• Sharon Steckman	• Ron Jorgensen, Chair
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Quentin Stanerson, Vice chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Joshua Byrnes
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Curtis Hanson	• Joel Fry
• Mary Mascher	• Julian B. Garrett
• Patti Ruff	• Tedd Gassman
• Art Staed	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Cindy Winckler	• Megan Jones
• Frank Wood	• Kevin Koester
	• Linda Miller
	• Walt Rogers
	• Sandy Salmon

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Education Members, 2011
Democratic members (9)	Republican members (14)
• Nate Willems	• Greg Forristall, Chair
• Sharon Steckman	• Jeremy Taylor, Vice chair
• Dennis Cohoon	• Josh Byrnes
• Ruth Ann Gaines	• Mary Ann Hanusa
• Curt Hanson	• Linda Miller
• Dan Kelley	• Royd Chambers
• Mary Mascher	• Peter Cownie
• Ako Abdul-Samad	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Cindy Winckler	• Ron Jorgensen
	• Kevin Koester
	• Mark S. Lofgren
	• Kim Pearson
	• Renee Schulte
	• Annette Sweeney

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

Education Members, 2009
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (11)
• Roger Wendt, Chair	• Mike May
• Gene Ficken, Vice chair	• Royd Chambers
• Sharon Steckman	• Renee Schulte
• Doris Kelley	• Annette Sweeney
• Polly Bukta	• Peter Cownie
• Nate Willems	• Scott Raecker
• Wayne Ford	• Kevin Koester
• Eric Palmer	• Jodi Tymeson
• Mary Mascher	• Linda Miller
• Phyllis Thede	• Cecil Dolecheck
• Cindy Winckler	• Greg Forristall
• Dennis Cohoon

External links

• Iowa House Education Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann

Representatives

District 1

J.D. Scholten (D)

District 2

Robert Henderson (R)

District 3

Thomas Jeneary (R)

District 4

Skyler Wheeler (R)

District 5

Zach Dieken (R)

District 6

Megan Jones (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

Ann Meyer (R)

District 9

Henry Stone (R)

District 10

John Wills (R)

District 11

Craig Williams (R)

District 12

Steven Holt (R)

District 13

Travis Sitzmann (R)

District 14

Jacob Bossman (R)

District 15

Matt Windschitl (R)

District 16

David Sieck (R)

District 17

Devon Wood (R)

District 18

Tom Moore (R)

District 19

Brent Siegrist (R)

District 20

Josh Turek (D)

District 21

Brooke Boden (R)

District 22

Samantha Fett (R)

District 23

Ray Sorensen (R)

District 24

Sam Wengryn (R)

District 25

Hans Wilz (R)

District 26

Austin Harris (R)

District 27

Kenan Judge (D)

District 28

David Young (R)

District 29

Brian Meyer (D)

District 30

Megan Srinivas (D)

District 31

Mary Madison (D)

District 32

Jennifer Konfrst (D)

District 33

Ruth Gaines (D)

District 34

Rob Johnson (D)

District 35

Sean Bagniewski (D)

District 36

Austin Baeth (D)

District 37

Barb McCulla (R)

District 38

Jon Dunwell (R)

District 39

Rick Olson (D)

District 40

Bill Gustoff (R)

District 41

Ryan Weldon (R)

District 42

Heather Matson (D)

District 43

Eddie Andrews (R)

District 44

Larry McBurney (D)

District 45

Brian Lohse (R)

District 46

Dan Gehlbach (R)

District 47

Carter Nordman (R)

District 48

Chad Behn (R)

District 49

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)

District 50

Ross Wilburn (D)

District 51

Brett Barker (R)

District 52

David Blom (R)

District 53

Dean Fisher (R)

District 54

Joshua Meggers (R)

District 55

Shannon Latham (R)

District 56

Mark Thompson (R)

District 57

Pat Grassley (R)

District 58

Charley Thomson (R)

District 59

Christian Hermanson (R)

District 60

Jane Bloomingdale (R)

District 61

Timi Brown-Powers (D)

District 62

Jerome Amos (D)

District 63

Michael Bergan (R)

District 64

Jason Gearhart (R)

District 65

Shannon Lundgren (R)

District 66

Steven Bradley (R)

District 67

Craig Johnson (R)

District 68

Chad Ingels (R)

District 69

Tom Determann (R)

District 70

Norlin Mommsen (R)

District 71

Lindsay James (D)

District 72

Jennifer Smith (R)

District 73

Elizabeth Wilson (D)

District 74

Eric Gjerde (D)

District 75

Bob Kressig (D)

District 76

Derek Wulf (R)

District 77

Jeff Cooling (D)

District 78

Angel Ramirez (D)

District 79

Tracy Ehlert (D)

District 80

Aime Wichtendahl (D)

District 81

Daniel Gosa (D)

District 82

Bobby Kaufmann (R)

District 83

Cindy Golding (R)

District 84

Thomas Gerhold (R)

District 85

Amy Nielsen (D)

District 86

David Jacoby (D)

District 87

Jeff Shipley (R)

District 88

Helena Hayes (R)

District 89

Elinor Levin (D)

District 90

Adam Zabner (D)

District 91

Judd Lawler (R)

District 92

Heather Hora (R)

District 93

Gary Mohr (R)

District 94

Mike Vondran (R)

District 95

Taylor Collins (R)

District 96

Mark Cisneros (R)

District 97

Ken Croken (D)

District 98

Monica Kurth (D)

District 99

Matthew Rinker (R)

District 100

Blaine Watkins (R)

Republican Party (66)

Democratic Party (33)

Vacancies (1)