ATLANTA – State Representative David Casas (R-Lilburn) was named Education Task Force Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by Rep. Noble Ellington, ALEC National Chairman and Ron Scheberle, the organization’s executive director. Casas will co-chair the Education Task Force with Mickey Ravenaugh of Connections Academy, the private sector chair, and together they will lead a committee with a long standing tradition of advancing conservative education model legislation.
“Representative Casas comes highly recommended by members of the Task Force and it is my privilege to appoint him as Co-Chair of the Education Task Force,” said Chairman Ellington.
Casas is an eight-year member of ALEC and was the recipient of the organization’s 2008 Legislator of the Year Award for his successful sponsorship of the Georgia Tuition Tax Credit.
“I am honored by this appointment and the confidence that ALEC national leadership has shown in me,” said Casas. “I look forward to continuing my work with my friends of the Education Task Force in order to advance sound, conservative education policy.”
ALEC is a nonpartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers who shared a common belief in limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty. Their vision and initiative has resulted in the creation of a voluntary membership association for people who believed that a government closest to its people is fundamentally more effective, more just, and a better guarantor of freedom than the distant, bloated federal government in Washington, D.C.
The concept of ALEC task forces dates back to the early days of the first Reagan administration when, in 1981, the President formed a national Task Force on Federalism, which was headed by U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada. Also on the President’s Task Force was ALEC National Chairman Tom Stivers of Idaho. After much success with policy formation and education, in 1986, ALEC made a commitment to form formal internal Task Forces to develop policy covering virtually every responsibility of state government. Within a year, nearly a dozen ALEC Task Forces had been formed, and they quickly become policy powerhouses.
Representative David Casas represents the 103rd House District which includes a portion of Gwinnett County. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 2002, and is currently the Vice Chairman of the Education committee. He also serves on the Appropriation, Economic Development & Tourism, and Rules committees.
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