(STATEHOUSE) August 24, 2009 -State Representative Jeff Thompson (R-Lizton) has been assigned to several interim study committees aimed at preparing the General Assembly on important issues for the next legislative session. This year, Rep. Thompson was selected to serve on the Interim Study Committee on Education, the Interim Study Committee on the School Funding Formula, and the Advisory Council to the Bureaus of Lands and Cultural Resources and Water and Resource Regulation. Rep. Thompson has served as the Republican member of the Ways and Means Committee specializing in School Finance and the Funding Formula since 2005. He also has served on the Education Committee since 2005. When the General Assembly is not in session Jeff is a high school math teacher. The current school year will be the 30th year that he has taught Physics, Chemistry or Math. The Indiana General Assembly is a part-time legislature and meets on a two year cycle, four months one year and three months the following year. Important statewide issues can be dealt with efficiently year-round through the use of the Interim Study Committees and Statutory Commissions. These two types of legislative bodies convene regularly through the remainder of the year and study key issues which could lead to possible legislation in the upcoming session. -30- |
