12-15-14 thiesfeldt named chair of assembly education committee

52^nd District Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) was appointed by Speaker of the State Assembly Robin Vos to be the chairman of the Assembly Committee on Education for the upcoming 2015-17 session of the state legislature.   “I would like to thank Speaker Vos for appointing me to lead this important committee.  With my experiences as a 22-year educator, and a 4-year member of the Education Committee, I intend to play a leading role in bringing Wisconsin to the forefront of educational reforms in the U.S.”  Thiesfeldt stated.  ” I also would like to thank my colleague and outgoing Education Committee chairman, Steve Kestell, for his faithful service leading this committee in recent years.”    Rep. Thiesfeldt coached athletics and taught various subjects in at Winnebago Lutheran Academy in Fond du Lac prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2010.  He recently chaired the Speaker’s Select Committee on Common Core Standards, which concluded its duties with recommendations to the Speaker last January.  In addition, he also served on the Assembly Committee on Urban Education and the 2014 Legislative Study Council on Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program (SAGE).