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
Texas
Texas publishes a 2025–2030 industry-based certification list and program-of-study crosswalk, both updated in August 2026, alongside April 2026 certification reimbursement guidance.
Industry Based Certifications ↗45 distinct member profiles across 6 committee records · 45 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 · Public Education15 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
chairBrad BuckleyBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairDiego BernalBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAlan SchoolcraftBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAlma AllenBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCharles CunninghamBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGina HinojosaBiography & initiatives ↗
memberHarold DuttonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberHelen KerwinBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJames FrankBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJames TalaricoBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJeff LeachBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJohn BryantBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTerri Leo-WilsonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTodd HunterBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTrent AshbyBiography & initiatives ↗House · Academic and Career-Oriented Education subcommittee5 listed membersRoster checked
Added from the linked primary-source subcommittee roster.
Senate · Education8 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the official committee established September 4, 2025.
chairDonna CampbellBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairPaul BettencourtBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAngela PaxtonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberBrent HagenbuchBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJosé MenéndezBiography & initiatives ↗
memberPhil KingBiography & initiatives ↗
memberRoyce WestBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTan ParkerBiography & initiatives ↗House · Trade, Workforce and Economic Development11 listed membersRoster checked
Membership and leadership compared with the linked official roster.
chairAngie ButtonBiography & initiatives ↗vice chairJames TalaricoBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCaroline Harris DavilaBiography & initiatives ↗
memberClaudia OrdazBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJohn LujanBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKeith BellBiography & initiatives ↗
memberKeresa RichardsonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberOscar LongoriaBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSalman BhojaniBiography & initiatives ↗
memberShelley LutherBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTerry MezaBiography & initiatives ↗House · Higher Education11 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairTerry WilsonBiography & initiatives ↗
vice chairDonna HowardBiography & initiatives ↗
memberAicha DavisBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCharlene Ward JohnsonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberGary VanDeaverBiography & initiatives ↗
memberJoanne ShofnerBiography & initiatives ↗
memberMatt ShaheenBiography & initiatives ↗
memberStan LambertBiography & initiatives ↗
memberSuleman LalaniBiography & initiatives ↗
memberTony TinderholtBiography & initiatives ↗
memberVince PerezBiography & initiatives ↗Senate · Higher Education7 listed membersDirectory · confirm
Directory roster; current assignments have not been independently confirmed.
chairPaul BettencourtBiography & initiatives ↗vice chairBrent HagenbuchBiography & initiatives ↗memberAngela PaxtonBiography & initiatives ↗
memberCarol AlvaradoBiography & initiatives ↗memberPhil KingBiography & initiatives ↗memberRoyce WestBiography & initiatives ↗memberTan ParkerBiography & 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 →