Canton State Rep. LeGeyt named House Asst. Republican Leader

Avon and Canton State Re. Tim LeGeyt (R-17) has been named house assistant Republican leader.

LeGeyt will also serve on appropriations, education and higher education committees,

“I’m honored to have been selected by Rep. Klarides to serve as an Assistant Republican Leader for the upcoming legislative session. I look forward to working with my fellow committee members to craft a viable state budget and to bring about meaningful reforms to enhance the quality of the state’s education and higher education systems,” LeGeyt said.

As a continuing member on the Appropriations Committee, LeGeyt will work on matters relating to the budgets of state agencies, matters relating to state employees’ salaries, benefits and retirement, teachers’ retirement and veterans’ pensions, collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards for all state employees.

As a member of the Education Committee, LeGeyt will work on issues relating to the Department of Education; local and regional boards of education and the substantive law of collective bargaining covering teachers and professional employees of such boards; vocational rehabilitation; the Commission on the Arts; and libraries, museums and historical and cultural associations.

LeGeyt will again serve on the Higher Education Committee which has cognizance of all matters relating to public and independent colleges and universities, the Department of Higher Education including private occupational schools, the Board of Governors of Higher Education, post-secondary education and job training institutions and programs, apprenticeship training programs, adult job training programs offered to the public by any state agency or funded in whole or in part by the state, and the Office of Workforce Competitiveness.

LeGeyt is a retired Canton teacher and also has a law degree