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Overview

Legislative Advisory Council

The Legislative Advisory Council of legislators and delegates from each state advises the Board. The Council meets several times each year to examine key issues. SREB’s Legislative Work Conference is the nation’s oldest annual legislative forum on education issues. 

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Alabama

Representative Alan Baker of Brewton serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board. Representative Terri Collins of Decatur serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board and is the Council’s current Chair.
Senator Vivian Davis Figures of Mobile and Representatives Barbara Drummond of Mobile, Tracy Estes of Winfield and Danny Garrett of Trussville are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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Arkansas

Representative Brian Evans of Cabot serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Senators Alan Clark of Lonsdale and Jane English of North Little Rock, and Representatives Sonia Barker of Smackover, Bruce Cozart of Hot Springs and John Maddox of Mena are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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Delaware

Senator David Sokola of Newark and Representative Kimberly Williams of Wilmington serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Representatives Stephanie Bolden of Wilmington, Debra Heffernan of Wilmington and Michael Ramone of Newark, and Senators Brian Pettyjohn of Georgetown and Laura Sturgeon of Woodbrook are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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Florida

Representative Alex Rizo of Hileah serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.

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Georgia

Senator Blake Tillery of Vidalia serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.  
Representative Mack Jackson of Sandersville and Senator Freddie Powell Sims of Dawson are gubernatorial appointees to the Council. 

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Kentucky

Representatives Ruth Ann Palumbo of Lexington and Nancy Tate of Brandenburg serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.

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Louisiana

Representative Jason Hughes of New Orleans serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Senators Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge and Beth Mizell of Franklinton, and Representatives Lance Harris of Alexandria and Albert C. “Buddy” Mincey of Denham Springs are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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Maryland

Senator John D. “Jack” Bailey of Mechanicsville serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.

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Mississippi

Representative Richard Bennett of Long Beach and Senator Dennis DeBar of Leakesville serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board. Senator Briggs Hopson of Vicksburg and Representative Kent McCarty of Hattiesburg are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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North Carolina

Senators Graig R. Meyer of Chapel Hill and Gladys A. Robinson of Greensboro serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Representative Rosa U. Gill of Raleigh and Senator Jay J. Chaudhuri of Raleigh are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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Oklahoma

Representative Chad Caldwell of Enid and Senator Adam Pugh of Edmond serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Representative Rhonda Baker of Yukon is a gubernatorial appointee to the Council.

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South Carolina

Senator Nikki G. Setzler of West Columbia serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board. 
Representative Shannon Erickson of Beaufort is a gubernatorial appointee to the Council.

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Tennessee

Representative Mark White of Memphis serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Senator Ferrell Haile of Gallatin is a gubernatorial appointee to the Council.

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Texas

Representative Charles “Doc” Anderson of Waco and Senator Donna Campbell of New Braunfels are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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Virginia

Senators Janet D. Howell of Reston serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board. Senator Mamie E. Locke of Hampton and Delegate David L. Bulova of Fairfax are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.

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West Virginia

Senator Robert H. Plymale of Huntington serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board and is the Council’s current Vice Chair.
Delegate Joe Statler of Core and Senators Charles H. Clements of New Martinsville, Vince Deeds of Renick, Amy N. Grady of Leon and David Stover of Maben are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.