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Education Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly
The Education Committee is a standing committee of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Per the Assembly Rules, Wisconsin State Assembly committees are assigned by the Speaker of the Assembly as early as possible at the start of each odd-year legislative session. Unless specified by a rule, the Speaker sets the total number of members on each committee and the allocation of the number between majority and minority party members. The Speaker appoints majority party committee members with the first-named member serving as the committee's chair. The Speaker also appoints minority party committee members from a list of members compiled by the Minority Leader.[1] The first-nominated minority member of each standing committee serves as the ranking member unless the Speaker and Minority leader agree that he or she serves as the vice chair.[2]
Apart from committees upon which he or she serves as a regular member, the Speaker is recognized as a nonvoting member on all standing committees but does not count towards quorum requirements. A quorum is defined as at least fifty percent of the committee members.[2]
See rules: Assembly Rules
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Education Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Education Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (5) | 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 (5) | Republican members (9) | 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 (6) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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Romaine Quinn (R) left this committee on January 04, 2021.
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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 (6) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Sondy Pope | • Jeremy Thiesfeldt, Chair | |||
| • Eric Genrich | • Joel Kitchens, Vice chair | |||
| • Dave Considine | • John Jagler | |||
| • Gary Hebl | • Shannon Zimmerman | |||
| • David Bowen | • Jessie Rodriguez | |||
| • Don Vruwink | • Ron Tusler | |||
| • Jeffrey Mursau | ||||
| • Romaine Quinn | ||||
| • Cindi Duchow | ||||
| • Chuck Wichgers | ||||
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 (5) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Sondy Pope | • Jeremy Thiesfeldt, Chair | |||
| • Christine Sinicki | • Joel Kitchens, Vice-Chair | |||
| • Eric Genrich | • John Jagler | |||
| • Mandela Barnes | • Dean Knudson | |||
| • Dave Considine | • Jessie Rodriguez | |||
| • Robert Brooks | ||||
| • Cody Horlacher | ||||
| • Dave Murphy | ||||
| • Romaine Quinn | ||||
| • Rob Hutton | ||||
2013-2014
| Education Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Sondy Pope | • Steven Kestell, Chair | |||
| • Fred Clark | • John Jagler, Vice Chair | |||
| • Mandy Wright | • Erik Severson | |||
| • Dianne Hesselbein | • Stephen Nass | |||
| • Don Pridemore | ||||
| • Howard Marklein | ||||
| • Jeremy Thiesfeldt | ||||
2011-2012
| Education Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Sondy Pope-Roberts | • Steven Kestell, Chair | |||
| • Christine Sinicki | • Howard Marklein, Vice Chair | |||
| • Fred Clark | • Don Pridemore | |||
| • Gordon Hintz | • Dean Knudson | |||
| • Evan Wynn | ||||
| • Stephen Nass | ||||
| • Jeremy Thiesfeldt | ||||
2009-2010
| Education Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Sondy Pope-Roberts, Chair | • Leah Vukmir | |||
| • Kristen Dexter, Vice Chair | • Stephen Nass | |||
| • Margaret Krusick | • John Townsend | |||
| • Christine Sinicki | • Brett Davis | |||
| • Steve Hilgenberg | • John Nygren | |||
| • Mark Radcliffe | ||||
| • Jeff Smith (Wisconsin) | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Speaker may appoint any member of the minority party as a committee chair regardless of whether the Minority Leader nominated him or her.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wisconsin State Legislature, "Assembly Rules," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
