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Koleszar, Matt (D)

Office: N699 HOB Term: Second Phone: (517) 373-3816 Email: MattKoleszar@house.mi.gov Home Address: PO Box 6094, Plymouth, MI 48170 Website: https://housedems.com/koleszar Seat Number: 78 Standing Committees: Elections & Ethics(VC), Education (C) = Chair, (VC) = Vice Chair

POLITICAL CAREER

Rep. Koleszar was first elected to the House on Nov. 6, 2018 when he defeated Republican incumbent Rep. Jeff NOBLE after securing 51.42 percent of the vote.

Koleszar ran unopposed in the August Democratic primary after Gary SCHLACK withdrew from the race.

In 2020, Koleszar once again ran in the 20th district unopposed in the Democratic primary.  He easily defeated GOP nominee John LACNY 55% to 44.1%.  

WORK EXPERIENCE

He is a public school teacher at Airport Community Schools where he taught English and social studies for the last 12 years.

To read MIRS biography of Rep. Koleszar, click here.

EDUCATION

He earned a bachelor's degree in education from Saginaw Valley State University and a master's in English studies from Eastern Michigan University.

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 HB 4070  - HIGHER EDUCATION, Financial Aid, Modifies tuition assistance benefits for certain survivors of Michigan police officers and Michigan fire fighters killed in the line of duty. Amends sec. 3 of 1996 PA 195 (MCL 390.1243).
(Status: 02/02/2021 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS )

 HB 4130  - OCCUPATIONS, Lobbyists, Modifies deadlines for lobby reports.
(Status: 02/23/2021 - HOUSE - TO SECOND READING )

 HB 4247  - HIGHER EDUCATION, Financial Aid, Modifies tuition assistance benefits for certain survivors of Michigan police officers and Michigan fire fighters killed in the line of duty..
(Status: 02/24/2021 - HOUSE - TO THIRD READING )

 HB 4284  - ELECTIONS, Candidates, Makes candidate filing fee in lieu of nominating petitions for county offices nonrefundable.
(Status: 02/23/2021 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS )

 HB 4310  - EDUCATION, Examinations, Suspend administration of the Michigan merit examination as requirement for state school aid funding for the 2020-2021 school year.
(Status: 02/23/2021 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION )

 HB 4311  - EDUCATION, Examinations, Suspend Michigan merit examination for the 2020-2021 school year.
(Status: 02/23/2021 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION )

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