Foxx will not seek another term as House education committee chair

Higher Ed Dive

Naaz Modan

February 13, 2024

Dive Brief:

• Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, will not seek another term as chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Foxx said during remarks at the Community College National Legislative Summit last week.

• Foxx chaired the committee between 2017 and 2019 and returned to the role in 2023 when Republicans reclaimed control of the House. Foxx is stepping down as chair due to the expiration of a waiver that allowed her to circumvent GOP conference rules limiting the consecutive terms a chair can serve to three.

• Her current term ends January 2025, and although she will not seek another term as committee chair, she is running for re-election to the House in 2024. She has served on the committee since joining Congress in 2005.

Dive Insight:

In her speech to community college leaders on Wednesday, Foxx told attendees her “work is not quite finished,” according to a transcript. “While steering the committee can sometimes be frustrating and often messy, it’s always been rewarding to work with education advocates like yourselves.”

Foxx spent most of her career in teaching and administration in North Carolina’s higher education system. She began her career in public service on the school board in Watauga County, North Carolina, between 1976 and 1988 and later served a decade in the North Carolina Senate, from 1994 to 2004.

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