RALEIGH – State Senators A.B. Swindell and Julia Boseman will be among the key legislators that will push higher education policy and funding through the North Carolina Senate during the 2007-08 legislative session.
Both were named to key Senate leadership posts on committees that focus on higher education spending and policy. Committee assignments for state senators were announced Thursday. The state House has not made committee assignments.
Swindell and Boseman, both Democrats, will chair the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and Higher Education as well as the Senate Education/Higher Education Committee. Swindell is the senior chairman.
Republican Richard Stevens, of Wake County, will serve as the ranking Republican co-chairman on both committees.
Swindell, from Nashville, is in his fourth term and has been involved in education policy in the past. He has served as a co-chairman of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Education. Boseman, from Wilmington, is in her second term. In the 2006 election, Boseman defeated UNC Board of Governors member Dr. Irvin Roseman.
Stevens is in his third term in the state Senate.
Here is the full list of committee assignments in the state Senate regarding higher education:
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education and Higher Education
Sen. A.B. Swindell, Co-Chair, Democrat
Sen. Julia Boseman, Co-Chair, Democrat
Sen. Richard Stevens, Co-Chair, Republican
Sen. Tony Foriest, Democrat
Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, Republican
Senate Education/Higher Education Committee
Sen. A.B. Swindell, Co-Chair, Democrat
Sen. Julia Boseman, Co-Chair, Democrat
Sen. Richard Stevens, Co-Chair, Republican
Sen. Austin Allran, Republican
Sen. Phil Berger, Republican
Sen. Stan Berger, Republican
Sen. Janet Cowell, Democrat
Sen. Tony Foriest, Democrat
Sen. Linda Garrou, Democrat
Sen. Fletcher Harstell, Republican
Sen. David Hoyle, Democrat
Sen. Neal Hunt, Republican
Sen. Clark Jenkins, Democrat
Sen. Bill Purcell, Democrat
Sen. Tony Rand, Democrat
Sen. John Snow, Democrat