State Rep. Rick Jasperse will oversee the Georgia House Education Committee this year, Speaker of the House David Ralston announced today.
Jasperse, R-Jasper, replaces Brooks Coleman as chairman of the 24-member committee that oversees policy on pre-k through 12th grade education. Coleman retired at the end of last year.
Jasperse, a retired county agricultural agent who took office in 2010, does not have deep ties to the committee. He had not been a member prior to his appointment this week.
Ralston also appointed State Rep. Eddie Lumsden to chair the House Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Committee. Lumsden, R-Armuchee, replaces Johnnie Caldwell Jr., who lost his re-election campaign last year,
On the senate side, Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, will continue to chair the finance committee, and Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, will continue to chair the rules committee. Mullis has overseen the rules committee since 2013.
Among other committee appointments for North Georgia legislators this year:
State Rep. Kasey Carpenter, R-Dalton: Industry & Labor, Information & Audits, Regulated Industries, Transportation and Ways & Means committees
State Rep. Dewayne Hill, R-Ringgold: House Education, Human Relations & Aging, Industry & Labor, Interstate Cooperation, Intergovernmental Coordination and Retirement committees
State Rep. Colton Moore, R-Lookout Mountain: Human Relations & Aging, Motor Vehicles and State Planning & Community Affairs committees
State Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga: Economic Development & Tourism, Appropriations and Regulated Industries & Utilities Committees, in addition to chairing the Rules Committee
State Sen. Chuck Payne, R-Dalton: Finance, Higher Education, Public Safety and State Institutions & Property committees. Payne will also serve as vice chair of the State & Local Government Operations Committee.
State Rep. Steve Tarvin, R-Chickamauga: Budget & Fiscal Affairs Oversight; Defense & Veterans' Affairs; Game, Fish & Parks, Retirement and Small Business Committee. Tarvin will also serve as vice chair of the Insurance and Economic Development Appropriations committees.
State Rep. Jason Ridley, R-Chatsworth: Motor Vehicles, Regulated Industries and Economic Development Appropriations committees. Ridley will also serve as the vice chair of the Banks & Banking Committee.