Priority 1 / people and responsibilities
Start with the decision structure.
Education, funding, higher-education, and workforce committee records for the ten states marked “Validate first.” Select a state, expand a committee, then choose a member.
Selected state
Alabama
For the graduating classes of 2026 and 2027, the General Education Pathway requires the prescribed credits and at least one approved college and career readiness indicator. The requirement starts with the class of 2026.
Alabama High School Graduation Requirements for Classes of 2026 and 2027 ↗45 distinct member profiles across 4 committee records · 43 portraits available. Names may repeat across committees. This is a sourced working directory, not a guarantee of complete current membership.
Funding, eligibility gaps, and next action →House · Education Policy15 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairTerri CollinsBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairAlan BakerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAnthony DanielsBiography & initiatives ↗
ranking memberBarbara DrummondBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBob FincherBiography & initiatives ↗JRPhoto unavailablememberJeana RossBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJeremy GrayBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKenneth PaschalBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMarcus ParamoreBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMark GidleyBiography & initiatives ↗NCPhoto unavailablememberNorman CrowBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSusan DuBoseBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTaShina MorrisBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTracy EstesBiography & initiatives ↗
memberVan SmithBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Education Policy11 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairDonnie ChesteenBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairShay ShelnuttBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGarlan GudgerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJay HoveyBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKirk HatcherBiography & initiatives ↗
memberLarry StuttsBiography & initiatives ↗
memberRandy PriceBiography & initiatives ↗
ranking democratic memberRodger SmithermanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTom ButlerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberVivian FiguresBiography & initiatives ↗
memberWes KitchensBiography & initiatives ↗House · Ways and Means Education15 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairDanny GarrettBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairJamie KielBiography & initiatives ↗memberAlan BakerBiography & initiatives ↗memberAnthony DanielsBiography & initiatives ↗ranking memberBarbara DrummondBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBrock ColvinBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCorley EllisBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDavid FaulknerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJoe LovvornBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKelvin LawrenceBiography & initiatives ↗memberMarcus ParamoreBiography & initiatives ↗NCPhoto unavailablememberNorman CrowBiography & initiatives ↗
memberPrince ChestnutBiography & initiatives ↗memberTerri CollinsBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTroy StubbsBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Finance and Taxation Education17 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairArthur OrrBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairGerald AllenBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBobby SingletonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDan RobertsBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDavid SessionsBiography & initiatives ↗memberDonnie ChesteenBiography & initiatives ↗memberGarlan GudgerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGreg AlbrittonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJabo WaggonerBiography & initiatives ↗memberJay HoveyBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKeith KelleyBiography & initiatives ↗memberKirk HatcherBiography & initiatives ↗ranking democratic memberRodger SmithermanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSam GivhanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTim MelsonBiography & initiatives ↗memberTom ButlerBiography & initiatives ↗memberVivian FiguresBiography & initiatives ↗Worked example / Missouri
Brad Hudson
Senate Education vice chair; his official biography also lists CTE Advisory Council service. His career includes the Missouri House and Stone County Assessor’s office.
Documented education initiative
Hudson sponsored SB 1442 on elementary literacy. The official record lists “Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection”; this baseline does not treat the proposal as enacted law.
SB 1442 · official bill record ↗Why this matters to the strategy
Analytical next step: understand how the state connects CTE pathways, credential value, and funding decisions. Council service identifies a relevant policy role; it does not establish buying authority, a position on Pearson, or responsibility for Missouri’s cited grant.
Still to verify
Specific CTE proposals and outcomes, current grant recipients and usable budgets, Pearson product eligibility, and the agency or district purchasing decision.
What comes next
Confirm the remaining Priority 1 rosters and enrich their leadership profiles with official biographies and dated bill records. In parallel with that research sequence, qualify each state’s funding recipient, eligible purchase, and procurement window before changing its pursuit recommendation. This page is a research snapshot, not an automatic monitoring service.
Why so many states are in Priority 2 →