Education Committee, Kansas State Senate

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The Education Committee is a standing committee of the Kansas State Senate.

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Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Kansas State Senate are assigned by the Organization, Calendar and Rules Committee. The committee is composed of the President of the Senate, the Majority Leader, Vice President of the Senate and six other members of the senate selected by the majority party. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

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Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)	Third-party members(0)
Dinah Sykes Ranking Minority Member Pat Pettey	Renee Erickson Chair Adam Thomas Vice Chair Mike Argabright Chase Blasi Beverly Gossage Michael Murphy TJ Rose Douglas Shane Brad Starnes

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Dinah Sykes Pat Pettey	Molly Baumgardner Chair Renee Erickson Vice Chair Chase Blasi Brenda Dietrich Beverly Gossage Kristen O'Shea Alicia Straub

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (7)	Third-party members(0)
Dinah Sykes Ranking minority member Pat Pettey	Molly Baumgardner Chair Renee Erickson Vice chair Brenda Dietrich Beverly Gossage Rick Kloos Kristen O'Shea Alicia Straub

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (8)	Third-party members(0)
Dinah Sykes Ranking minority member Barbara Bollier	Molly Baumgardner Chair Larry Alley Vice Chair Dennis Pyle Kevin Braun Mary Jo Taylor Bruce Givens Bud Estes Eric Rucker

Mary Pilcher-Cook (R) left this committee on January 16, 2020.

2017 legislative session

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

Education Members, 2017
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Anthony Hensley	• Molly Baumgardner, Chair
• Pat Pettey	• John Doll, Vice chair
	• Larry Alley
	• Barbara Bollier
	• Bud Estes
	• Steve Fitzgerald
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Dinah Sykes
	• Mary Jo Taylor

2015 legislative session

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

Education Members, 2015
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Anthony Hensley, Ranking Minority Member	• Steve Abrams, Chair
• Pat Pettey	• Tom Arpke, Vice Chair
	• Dan Kerschen
	• Jeff Melcher
	• Molly Baumgardner
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Vicki Schmidt
	• Caryn Tyson
	• Steve Fitzgerald

2013-2014

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

Education Members, 2013
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Anthony Hensley	• Steve Abrams, Chair
• Pat Pettey	• Tom Arpke, Vice chair
	• Dan Kerschen
	• Jeff Melcher
	• Ralph Ostmeyer
	• Dennis Pyle
	• Vicki Schmidt
	• Caryn Tyson
	• Kay Wolf

2011-2012

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

Education Members, 2011
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (9)
• Anthony Hensley	• Jean Schodorf, Chair
• Allen Schmidt	• John Vratil, Vice chair
	• Steve Abrams
	• Jeff King
	• Bob Marshall
	• Tim Owens
	• Ruth Teichman
	• Dwayne Umbarger
	• Susan Wagle

2009-2010

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

Education Members, 2009
Democratic members (1)	Republican members (10)
• Anthony Hensley	• Jean Schodorf, Chair
	• John Vratil, Vice chair
	• Chris Steineger
	• Tim Owens
	• Bob Marshall
	• Dwayne Umbarger
	• Susan Wagle
	• Steve Abrams
	• Ruth Teichman
	• Tim Huelskamp

External links

• Kansas Standing Committees

Footnotes

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Current members of the Kansas State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Ty Masterson

Majority Leader:Chase Blasi

Minority Leader:Dinah Sykes

Senators

District 1

Craig Bowser (R)

District 2

Marci Francisco (D)

District 3

Rick Kloos (R)

District 4

David Haley (D)

District 5

Jeff Klemp (R)

District 6

Pat Pettey (D)

District 7

Ethan Corson (D)

District 8

Cindy Holscher (D)

District 9

Beverly Gossage (R)

District 10

Mike Thompson (R)

District 11

Kellie Warren (R)

District 12

Caryn Tyson (R)

District 13

Tim Shallenburger (R)

District 14

Michael Fagg (R)

District 15

Virgil Peck (R)

District 16

Ty Masterson (R)

District 17

Mike Argabright (R)

District 18

Kenny Titus (R)

District 19

Patrick Schmidt (D)

District 20

Brenda Dietrich (R)

District 21

Dinah Sykes (D)

District 22

Brad Starnes (R)

District 23

Adam Thomas (R)

District 24

Scott Hill (R)

District 25

Mary Ware (D)

District 26

Chase Blasi (R)

District 27

Joe Claeys (R)

District 28

Mike Petersen (R)

District 29

Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D)

District 30

Renee Erickson (R)

District 31

Stephen Owens (R)

District 32

Larry Alley (R)

District 33

Tory Blew (R)

District 34

Michael Murphy (R)

District 35

TJ Rose (R)

District 36

Elaine Bowers (R)

District 37

Douglas Shane (R)

District 38

Ronald Ryckman (R)

District 39

Bill Clifford (R)

District 40

Rick Billinger (R)

Republican Party (31)

Democratic Party (9)