Rep. Gene Pelowski to Chair House Higher Education Committee

Rep. Gene Pelowski

(KWNO)-The appointment of Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) as the incoming chair of the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee in the Minnesota House was announced by House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

Thanking Speaker Hortman for appointing him to the role, Rep. Pelowski said, “As chair, I hope to address declining enrollment, program stabilization, faculty retention, and the burden of student debt. We also need to work towards relinking higher education’s two-year institutions to Minnesota’s K-12 schools. Every Minnesota high school senior should have the option of graduating not just with a traditional diploma but also with an employable skill set.”

Those interested in viewing the committee’s full structure, as well as a list of current chairs, should visit https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/news/12266/36004.

The committee’s complete roster will be announced sometime within the next few weeks. The 2023 Legislative Session will begin on January 3rd.