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The Education and Workforce Development Committee works with state officials from the 18 member jurisdictions of CSG’s Eastern region to provide a policy forum, a vehicle for sharing best practices, and structure for advocacy on education and workforce development issues affecting the region. The committee comprises education leaders from legislatures in each CSG East member jurisdiction. The committee shares emerging solutions from state governments nationwide and sets the education programming agenda throughout the year. In recent years, the committee has prioritized teacher interstate mobility, standardized testing, and student debt.

Committee Leadership

Ernesto Lopez

Senator Ernesto Lopez made history in 2012 by becoming the first Latino elected in the history of the Delaware State Senate, representing the 6th State Senate District. Senator Lopez came to Delaware as a young child from Puerto Rico with

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his parents and has lived in Delaware for over 30 years. He holds an E.dD. in Educational Leadership from the University of Delaware where he has worked with children and families for two decades. Senator Lopez currently serves on the following Senate committees: Transportation Health, Children and Social Services Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Senator Lopez takes pride in his constituent service work and his reputation in the Senate is one of a consensus-builder who works across the aisle and with members of all parties to address the concerns and solve the problems of everyday Delawareans.

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States Addressing the Teacher Shortage, Part 2: Retention Read More

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States Addressing the Teacher Shortage, Part 1: Recruitment Read More

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Increasing Early Childhood Education Training and Credentialing Read More

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VALLO — Veterans Accelerated Learning for Licensed Occupations Read More

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Webinar: The future of standardized testing Read More

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Addressing the student debt crisis Read More

Committee Roster

Chair
Sen. Ernesto Lopez (Delaware)
Connecticut	Massachusetts	Nova Scotia	Québec
Rep. Michelle Cook Rep. Carol Hall * Rep. Kathleen McCarty * Rep. Robert Sanchez	Sen. Adam Hinds * Sen. Jason Lewis Sen. Joan Lovely Sen. Patrick O’Connor * Rep. Alice Peisch Rep. Paul Tucker	MLA Zac Churchill MLA Suzanne Lohnes-Croft*	(Vacant)
Delaware	New Hampshire	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
Sen. Laura Sturgeon Rep. Debra Heffernan * Rep. Earl Jaques Rep. Sean Matthews * Rep. Kimberly Williams	Sen. Jeanne Dietsch Sen. Jay Kahn Sen. David Watters * Sen. Ruth Ward * Rep. Rick Ladd Rep. Linda Tanner	Sen. Thomas Killion	Sen. Hanna Gallo Sen. Harold Metts Sen. James Sheehan * Sen. Ana Quezada * Rep. Gregg Amore * Rep. Justine Caldwell * Rep. Joseph McNamara Rep. William O’Brien
Maine	New Jersey	Prince Edward Island	Vermont
Rep. Gary Drinkwater * Rep. Richard Farnsworth * Rep. Victoria Kornfield Rep. Heidi Sampson	Sen. Teresa Ruiz Asw. Marlene Caride	(Vacant)	Sen. Phil Baruth Sen. Debbie Ingram Rep. Peter Conlon Rep. Katherine James * Rep. Casey Toof * Rep. Kate Webb
Maryland	New York	Puerto Rico	U.S. Virgin Islands
Sen. Bill Ferguson Sen. Nancy King * Sen. Paul Pinksy Sen. Andrew Serafini * Sp. Adrienne Jones Del. Anne Kaiser Del. Haven Shoemaker * Del. Alonzo Washington *	(Vacant)	Sen. Eduardo Bhatia * Sen. Luis Muniz * Sen. Abel Nazario Sen. Margarita Nolasco Rep. Yashira Lebron * Rep. Brenda Lopez * Rep. Guillermo Miranda Rep. Rafael Ortega	Sen. Donna Frett-Gregory Sen. Javan James *

Education Committee Roster 2019-20

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Contact

For more information on the committee or its recent work, please contact staff liaison

Dina Klimkina
Email: dklimkina@csg.org
direct: 859-244-8141