Education Committee, South Carolina State Senate
The Education Committee is a standing committee of the South Carolina State Senate.
Per Section 19 (d) of the Senate Rules, committees of the South Carolina State Senate are assigned through self-selection by Senate members. For committee selection, the Clerk of the Senate will make a list of all Senate members in the order of length of service and the members with the longest continuous service will select first. This process will continue until all members are assigned. Committees are assigned at the start of the new session following the election of Senate members.[1] The chairperson of each standing committee will be the senior member of the committee from the majority party. If a vacancy were to occur in the chairmanship of a standing committee, then the next most senior member from the majority party would take over.[2]
See rules: Rules of the Senate of South Carolina
Function
According to Rule 19 of the Senate Rules, the Education Committee has jurisdiction over the following titles of the South Carolina Code of Laws:
| “ | Titles 2 (higher education), 51, 59, and 60 (school governance and structure at all levels)[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Education Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Education Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Education Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | 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 (10) | |||
| • John Matthews | • John Courson, Chair | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • Harvey Peeler | |||
| • Nikki Setzler | • Lawrence Grooms | |||
| • Darrell Jackson | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Tom Young | |||
| • Vincent Sheheen | • Rex Rice | |||
| • Floyd Nicholson | • Scott Talley | |||
| • Luke Rankin | ||||
| • Ross Turner | ||||
| • Sandy Senn | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Education Committee Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • John W. Matthews, Jr. | • John E. Courson, Chair | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Luke A. Rankin | |||
| • Clementa C. Pinckney | • Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. | |||
| • Vincent A. Sheheen | • Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms | |||
| • Bradley Hutto | • Raymond E. Cleary, III | |||
| • Darrell Jackson | • Paul Thurmond | |||
| • Nikki G. Setzler | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Larry A. Martin | ||||
| • Michael L. Fair | ||||
| • Robert W. Hayes, Jr. | ||||
2013-2014
| Education Committee Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • John W. Matthews, Jr. | • John E. Courson, Chair | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Luke A. Rankin | |||
| • Clementa C. Pinckney | • Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. | |||
| • Vincent A. Sheheen | • Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms | |||
| • Bradley Hutto | • Raymond E. Cleary, III | |||
| • Darrell Jackson | • Paul Thurmond | |||
| • Nikki G. Setzler | • Greg Hembree | |||
| • Larry A. Martin | ||||
| • Michael L. Fair | ||||
| • Robert W. Hayes, Jr. | ||||
2011-2012
| Education Committee Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Ralph Anderson | • John Courson, Chair | |||
| • Darrell Jackson | • Tom Davis | |||
| • Phil Leventis | • Michael Fair | |||
| • Joel Lourie | • Lawrence Grooms | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Wes Hayes | |||
| • John Matthews | • Larry Martin | |||
| • Nikki Setzler | • Shane Massey | |||
| • Harvey Peeler | ||||
| • Luke Rankin | ||||
| • Greg Ryberg | ||||
2009-2010
| Education Committee Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Ralph Anderson | • John Courson | |||
| • Brad Hutto | • Tom Davis | |||
| • Darrell Jackson | • Michael Fair | |||
| • Phil Leventis | • Lawrence Grooms | |||
| • Joel Lourie | • Wes Hayes | |||
| • Gerald Malloy | • Larry Martin | |||
| • John Matthews | • Shane Massey | |||
| • Nikki Setzler | • Harvey Peeler | |||
| • Luke Rankin | ||||
| • Greg Ryberg | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 19 (d))
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 19 (e))
- ↑ South Carolina State Legislature, "Rules of the Senate of South Carolina (Rule 19)," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
