Schroder resigned from the legislature in June 2017 to pursue the vacant state treasurer's position. He now faces a November 18 general election with the [[African-American]] Democrat, Derrick Edwards. Schroder carries the backing of former Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], a Democrat-turned-Republican who reigned in January 2017 to become the junior [[U.S. Senator]] from Louisiana. When he left the House, Schroder was the vice chairman of the House Republican caucus under chairman [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. The vice chairmanship then passed to conservative Tony Bacala of Ascension Parish near [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2017/07/25/conservatives-tighten-grip-la-house/507846001/|title=Conservatives tighten grip in La. House|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=July 25, 2017|accessdate=July 26, 2017}}</ref>
Schroder served on these House committees: (1) Civil Law and Procedure, (2) Homeland Security, (3) Education, (4) Military and Veterans Affairs, and (5) Joint Budget.<ref name=house/> Originally named to the Appropriations Committee, Schroder was removed from the panel in the spring of 2010 in a dispute with then House Speaker and fellow Republican James Wilton "Jim" Tucker (born 1964) of Algiers, the only section of New Orleans west of the [[Mississippi River]]. Tucker claimed that Schroder had renegged on an agreement to support the [[Independent voter|Independent]]-turned-Republican Joel Robideaux of [[Lafayette]] for the vacant position of Speaker pro tem. Robideaux has since been elected as the parish president of Lafayette Parish. Instead, Schroder voted for the Democrat, later Republican, [[Noble Ellington ]] of Winnsboro in Franklin Parish for Speaker pro tem. Robideaux still narrowly won his race against Ellington. In disputing Tucker's claim, Schroder said that he had never agreed to support Robideaux and that Tucker must have had other unstated reasons to remove him from the Appropriations Committee. On the committee, Schroder was known as an opponent of annual automatic pay increases for state employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/rep_john_schroder_says_he_neve.html|title=Rep. John Schroder says he "never lied" to House speaker about pro-tem vote|date=April 6, 2010|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>
Representative Schroder chaired a task force on Legal Representation of Children.<ref name=schroder/> In 2011, he offered a motion before the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee to defer a motion by [[liberal]] Democratic Representative Helena Moreno of New Orleans to permit adoptions of children by [[homosexual]] couples.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20110523/WIRE/110529837|title=Gay couples shouldn't be allowed to adopt kid, La. House panel says, May 23, 2011|publisher=''Houma Today''|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>