Who’s New On Congressional Education Committees

A former college professor and community college president, Foxx has emphasized maintaining high standards and giving decision-making power to local officials. She supports private school choice.

Scott co-authored the Every Student Succeeds Act. He prioritizes improving equity, college affordability, and career and technical education.

Estes says education should be determined by the people, not the government. He introduced legislation in 2021 establishing a bipartisan commission aimed at streamlining and reducing duplication in financing of early care and education programs.

Kiley vows to safeguard parents’ rights and increase school choice. He is the chairman of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee.

Bean supports giving parents more choice in their children’s education. He has been named chairman of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee.

As a state legislator, Burlison sponsored and supported bills protecting students’ religious liberties in schools and providing children with dyslexia better access to educational services.

Moran is opposed to teaching Critical Race Theory in schools, characterizing it as a “Marxist” policy. He says state governments should oversee education policies, rather than the federal government.

James says a person’s education should not be determined by his or her ZIP code and wants parents to have more choices for their children’s education, whether they attend public, private, or charter schools.

Chavez-Deremer says a one-size-fits-all approach to education doesn’t work, and that public policy should support local flexibility and parental involvement to expand educational opportunities.

Williams says parents should have a say in the education of their children and opposes government mandates in teaching specific curriculum.

Houchin has advocated for students with dyslexia and supported local school leaders on making the decision to re-open during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aderholt says that while the federal government can play a role in funding educational opportunities for students and determining national priorities, it shouldn’t be involved in determining a day-to-day classroom curriculum or how a local community spends its educational dollars.

DeLauro introduced legislation in January 2023 to expand access to apprenticeships by providing states with tuition assistance funding to support apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. She is also focused on increasing education funding and making college more affordable.

Hoyer sees the potential of educational and social service collaboration as a way to provide families with access to services they need. Hoyer helped enact the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, significantly increased funding for Pell Grants, and made loan repayment more affordable by expanding the Income Based Repayment program.

Simpson supports steering education policy and reform toward more openness and transparency for parents to have more control and make more informed choices regarding their children’s education.

As a mom of two and a former educator, Letlow says the relationship between parents and schools should be collaborative, not adversarial. She is the author of the Parents Bill of Rights introduced in the current Congress.

Clyde says schools should be “hardened” to deter would-be shooters and that the Department of Education should be closed.

LaTurner supported legislation that would prohibit local education agencies from receiving U.S. Department of Education funding unless schools are open for in-person learning and allow parents to opt-out of mask mandates on behalf of their children.

Ellzey says schools “must stop forcing teachers to comply with radical indoctrination” and he opposes President Biden’s student-loan policies.

Ciscomani opposes Critical Race Theory and supports school choice, saying that the federal government should create a federal tax credit program that would help parents pay for private or home school education.