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
Arkansas
The August 6, 2026 notice lists a September 18, 2026 deadline for non-traditional grants and November 3, 2026 deadlines for modernization and state start-up grants serving 2027–28.
CTE Grant Opportunities CTE 27 002 ↗27 distinct member profiles across 2 committee records · 25 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 · Education19 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
chairKeith BrooksBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairBrit McKenzieBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBruce CozartBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDeAnn VaughtBiography & initiatives ↗
memberDenise GarnerBiography & initiatives ↗DGPhoto unavailablememberDiana Gonzales WorthenBiography & initiatives ↗
memberHope DukeBiography & initiatives ↗JNPhoto unavailablememberJason NazarenkoBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJessie McGruderBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJulie MayberryBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKarilyn BrownBiography & initiatives ↗
memberLincoln BarnettBiography & initiatives ↗
memberRick BeckBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSonia BarkerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberStephen MeeksBiography & initiatives ↗
memberStetson PainterBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSteven WalkerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTony FurmanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberWade AndrewsBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Education8 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
chairJane EnglishBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairDan SullivanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBreanne DavisBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBryan KingBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJim DotsonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJosh BryantBiography & initiatives ↗
memberReginald MurdockBiography & initiatives ↗
memberStephanie FlowersBiography & 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 →