Md. House of Delegates elects Adrienne Jones as new speaker

Courtesy: Maryland General Assembly Website

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The House of Delegates voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to elect Delegate Adrienne Jones to serve as the next House speaker.

“Maryland public school educators congratulate Speaker Jones on her historic election. As the first black and woman speaker of the House, her speakership breaks critical barriers and puts the House of Delegates in position to make important progress in the years ahead, especially on educational equity,” Maryland State Education Association President and Baltimore County teacher Cheryl Bost said in a statement.

Speaker Jones is a member of the Kirwan Commission and co-led the effort to pass legislation during the past legislative session to begin implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. Under her leadership as chair of the Capital Budget Subcommittee, Maryland has seen drastic increases in school construction funding.

Speaker Jones also voted for the Protect Our Schools Act back in 2017, as well as the More Learning, Less Testing Act that same year. She has been endorsed in her runs for delegate six times by the Maryland State Education Association since 1998.