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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.
Arkansas
Senator Joyce Elliott of Little Rock serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Senators Eddie L. Cheatham of Crossett and Alan Clark of Lonsdale, and Representatives Sonia Barker of Smackover, Bruce Cozart of Hot Springs, Grant Hodges of Rogers and Mark Lowery of Maumelle are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Delaware
Senator David Sokola of Newark serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Representatives Stephanie Bolden of Wilmington, Debra Heffernan of Wilmington, Earl G. Jaques of Newark and Michael Ramone of Newark, and Senator Brian Pettyjohn of Georgetown are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Kentucky
Representative Derrick W. Graham of Frankfort serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board. Representative John “Bam” Carney of Campbellsville serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board and is the Council’s current chair.
Louisiana
Senator Francis C. Thompson of Delhi serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board. Representative Patricia Haynes Smith of Baton Rouge is a gubernatorial appointee to the Council and is the Council’s current vice chair.
Representative Nancy Landry of Lafayette and Senators Gerald Long of Winnfield and Dan W. “Blade” Morrish of Jennings are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Mississippi
Senators Terry Burton of Newton and Videt Carmichael of Meridian serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Representative Nolan Mettetal of Sardis is a gubernatorial appointee to the Council.
North Carolina
Representative Graig R. Meyer of Chapel Hill serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Representatives Rosa U. Gill of Raleigh and Linda P. Johnson of Kannapolis and Senators Jay J. Chaudhuri of Raleigh and Erica D. Smith of Henrico are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
Oklahoma
Representative Chad Caldwell of Enid serves on the Council by virtue of being a legislative member of the Board.
Senators Marty Quinn of Claremore and Gary Stanislawski of Tulsa, and Representatives Rhonda Baker of Yukon and Todd Russ of Cordell are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.
South Carolina
Representative Rita Allison of Lyman and Senator Nikki G. Setzler of West Columbia serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Senator John W. Matthews Jr. of Bowman is a gubernatorial appointee to the Council.
West Virginia
Senators Robert H. Plymale of Huntington and Roman W. Prezioso Jr. of Fairmont serve on the Council by virtue of being legislative members of the Board.
Senator Kenny Mann of Ballard and Delegate Paul Espinosa of Charles Town are gubernatorial appointees to the Council.