Education Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

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

Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Wisconsin State Senate are assigned by the Senate Organization Committee. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The president of the Senate 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 (3)	Third-party members(0)
Chris Larson Sarah Keyeski	John Jagler Chair Romaine Quinn Vice-Chair Stephen Nass

2023-2024 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (5)	Third-party members(0)
Chris Larson LaTonya Johnson Jeff Smith	John Jagler Chairman Romaine Quinn Vice Chairman Stephen Nass Duey Stroebel Rachael Cabral-Guevara

2021-2022 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (2)	Third-party members(0)
Chris Larson Jeff Smith	Kathy Bernier Vice Chair Stephen Nass

Alberta Darling (R, Chair) left this committee on December 01, 2022. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

Senate Education Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (5)	Third-party members(0)
Janet Bewley LaTonya Johnson Chris Larson	Alberta Darling Vice-Chair Luther Olsen Chair Kathy Bernier Dale Kooyenga Stephen Nass

Patty Schachtner (D) 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
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Chris Larson	• Luther Olsen, Chair
• Janet Bewley	• Alberta Darling, Vice chair
• LaTonya Johnson	• Stephen Nass
	• Leah Vukmir

2015 legislative session

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

Education Members, 2015
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Chris Larson	• Luther Olsen, Chair
• Fred Risser	• Alberta Darling, Vice Chair
• Janet Bewley	• Leah Vukmir
	• Stephen Nass

2013-2014

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

Education Members, 2013
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (5)
• John Lehman	• Luther Olsen, Chair
• Timothy Cullen	• Paul Farrow, Vice Chair
• Nikiya Harris	• Leah Vukmir
• Kathleen Vinehout	• Richard Gudex
	• Alberta Darling

2011-2012

Education Members, 2011
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Kathleen Vinehout	• Luther Olsen, Chair
• Robert Jauch	• Leah Vukmir, Vice Chair
• Chris Larson	• Alberta Darling
	• Glenn Grothman

See also

Suggest a link

• Wisconsin State Legislature
• Public education in Wisconsin
• Higher education in Wisconsin
• Charter schools in Wisconsin
• School choice in Wisconsin

External links

• Education Committee

Footnotes

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Current members of the Wisconsin State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Mary Felzkowski

Majority Leader:Devin LeMahieu

Minority Leader:Dianne Hesselbein

Senators

District 1

André Jacque (R)

District 2

Eric Wimberger (R)

District 3

Tim Carpenter (D)

District 4

Dora Drake (D)

District 5

Rob Hutton (R)

District 6

LaTonya Johnson (D)

District 7

Chris Larson (D)

District 8

Jodi Sinykin (D)

District 9

Devin LeMahieu (R)

District 10

Rob Stafsholt (R)

District 11

Stephen Nass (R)

District 12

Mary Felzkowski (R)

District 13

John Jagler (R)

District 14

Sarah Keyeski (D)

District 15

Mark Spreitzer (D)

District 16

Melissa Ratcliff (D)

District 17

Howard Marklein (R)

District 18

Kristin Alfheim (D)

District 19

Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)

District 20

Dan Feyen (R)

District 21

Van Wanggaard (R)

District 22

Robert Wirch (D)

District 23

Jesse James (R)

District 24

Patrick Testin (R)

District 25

Romaine Quinn (R)

District 26

Kelda Roys (D)

District 27

Dianne Hesselbein (D)

District 28

Julian Bradley (R)

District 29

Cory Tomczyk (R)

District 30

Jamie Wall (D)

District 31

Jeff Smith (D)

District 32

Brad Pfaff (D)

District 33

Chris Kapenga (R)

Republican Party (18)

Democratic Party (15)