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Kevin O'Farrell — Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education

PN25-36

Kevin O'Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education, vice Scott Stump.

1Nominees
5Actions
0Hearings
1Committees

Progress

Received
Committee
Hearing
Result

Committees

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsSenate

Timeline

Received1 year ago (February 11, 2025)
Authority4 months ago (October 21, 2025)
Last ActionOctober 21, 2025

Action History

FloorOctober 21, 2025

Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

CalendarsMay 22, 2025

Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 167. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

CommitteeMay 22, 2025

Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.

CommitteeMay 22, 2025

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported favorably.

IntroReferralFebruary 11, 2025

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN25-36 has 56 parts total.

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Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

Senate
Meeting
Scheduled

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Julie Hocker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, Wayne Palmer, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and Henry Mack III, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Labor, Marco Rajkovich, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and Kirsten Baesler, of North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Kevin O'Farrell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education, and Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, all of the Department of Education.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsCapitol (Senate side), 216May 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Kevin O'farrell

Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education · Department of Education

Florida