HARRISBURG - State Sen. Dave Argall, R-29, was appointed a member of the Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) by Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, R-39, Wednesday.

The board is responsible for planning and coordinating the development and operation of PASSHE by establishing educational, fiscal and personnel policies.

“I come from a family of PASSHE graduates - my mother graduated from Bloomsburg and my father and grandfather graduated from Kutztown - so this appointment is very significant to me,” Argall said. “I look forward to assisting our 14 state universities in meeting the many challenges now before them.”

According to PASSHE, there are 949 currently enrolled students and 6,799 alumni from Schuylkill County, 422 currently enrolled students and 3,220 alumni from Carbon County, and 1,247 currently enrolled students and 10,064 alumni from Luzerne County.

Argall also serves as the chair of the Senate Education Committee for the 2023-24 legislative session. The committee is responsible for overseeing all levels of education, from pre-K to higher education. During the 2021-22 legislative session, the committee held public hearings to review the progress of PASSHE redesign.