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Education Committee, Mississippi House of Representatives
The Education Committee is a standing committee of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Per Rule 60 of the House Rules, the committee is made up of 27 members.[1]
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Per Rule 60(4) of the House Rules, committee appointments in the Mississippi House of Representatives are made by the Speaker of the House.[2] After the adoption of House Rules, committees are appointed according to legislators' preferences as well as seniority, abilities and geographic location.[3] Representatives are to submit a list of at least 10 committee preferences by 5 p.m. on the third calendar day of the legislative session following an election. A legislator who has served in the House less than four years in his or her lifetime is guaranteed two of his or her top seven preferences unless appointed to the Appropriations or Ways and Means Committees; one who has served for four or more years in his or her lifetime is guaranteed three of his or her first seven choices unless appointed to the Appropriations or Ways and Means Committees.[2] Representatives are barred from serving on both the Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees, and may serve on at least four standing committees.[4] The first person appointed to a committee is to serve as the chair, with the second serving as vice chair. A representative appointed to serve as chair or vice chair of a committee is barred from serving in either position on another committee.[5] The Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore serve on the Rules and Management Committees ex officio.[6]
See rules: House Rules
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (18) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (17) | Third-party members(1) |
2020-2021 legislative session
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House Education Committee, 2020-2021 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (16) | Third-party members(1) |
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 (11) | Republican members (20) | |||
| • Alyce Clarke, Vice-Chair | • John Moore, Chair | |||
| • Nick Bain | • William Arnold | |||
| • Clara Burnett | • Mark Baker | |||
| • Credell Calhoun | • Toby Barker | |||
| • Reecy Dickson | • Randy Boyd | |||
| • Chuck Espy | • Charles Busby | |||
| • James Evans | • Gary Chism | |||
| • Gregory Holloway, Sr. | • Carolyn Crawford | |||
| • Rufus Straughter | • Becky Currie | |||
| • Sara Thomas | • Dennis DeBar | |||
| • Joseph Warren | • Mark Formby | |||
| • Herb Frierson | ||||
| • Jeffrey S. Guice | ||||
| • Eugene Forrest Hamilton | ||||
| • Wanda Jennings | ||||
| • Rita Martinson | ||||
| • Steve Massengill | ||||
| • Brad Mayo | ||||
| • Pat Nelson | ||||
| • Tom Weathersby | ||||
2014 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
| Education Members, 2014 | ||||
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| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (20) | |||
| • Alyce Clarke, Vice-Chair | • John Moore, Chair | |||
| • Nick Bain | • William Arnold | |||
| • Clara Burnett | • Mark Baker | |||
| • Credell Calhoun | • Toby Barker | |||
| • Reecy Dickson | • Randy Boyd | |||
| • Chuck Espy | • Charles Busby | |||
| • James Evans | • Gary Chism | |||
| • Gregory Holloway, Sr. | • Carolyn Crawford | |||
| • Rufus Straughter | • Becky Currie | |||
| • Sara Thomas | • Dennis DeBar | |||
| • Joseph Warren | • Mark Formby | |||
| • Herb Frierson | ||||
| • Jeffrey S. Guice | ||||
| • Eugene Forrest Hamilton | ||||
| • Wanda Jennings | ||||
| • Rita Martinson | ||||
| • Steve Massengill | ||||
| • Brad Mayo | ||||
| • Pat Nelson | ||||
| • Tom Weathersby | ||||
2012-2013
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2010-2011
- Cecil Brown Chair
- Sara Thomas Vice Chair
- Kelvin Buck
- Greg Ward
- Wanda Jennings
- Clara Burnett
- Joe Gardner
- Noal Akins
- Jimmy Puckett
- John Mayo
- Linda Coleman
- Linda Whittington
- Esther Harrison
- Reecy Dickson
- Russ Nowell
- Bryant Clark
- Rufus Straughter
- Kevin McGee
- Thomas Weathersby, Sr.
- Alyce Clarke
- Kimberly Campbell Buck
- Gregory Holloway, Sr.
- Sherra Lane
- Joseph Warren
- Bob Evans
- David Myers
- Toby Barker
- J. Shaun Walley
- Herbert Frierson
- Billy Broomfield
- Brandon Jones
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021 Rule 60(d)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 60(4))
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 60(5))
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 60(2))
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 61)
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rules 10(5), 11 and 11A)
