WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March 18, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Ashorn, Sherri (Katy ISD)
Basham, Kirby (Self; Grandview ISD)
Boortz, Tiffany (Self; Corsicana ISD)
Branch, Jessica (Wylie ISD)
Branum, Tabitha (Self)
Bullock, Corina (Texas Education Policy Institute)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Fey, Jo Ann (Self; Killeen ISD)
Gibbins, Matthew (Self)
Haack, Leslie (Katy ISD)
Hodgins, David (Self; Texas School Alliance)
Hope, Michael (Self; Robinson ISD)
Howell, Stephanie (Self; Corsicana ISD)
Hudson, Gerald (Cedar Hill ISD)
Hudson, Tijuana (TEPI- Texas Educational Policy Institute)
Kennon, Suzi (Self; Wylie ISD)
Killian, Douglas (Self; CyFair Isd)
Knowlton, Tonya (Self; Community ISD)
Light, Joey (Self)
McCormick, Matthew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Moran, Christopher (Self; Texas Association of School Administrators)
Perkins, Lindy (Texas Education Policy Institute (TEPI))
Ringo, Brent (Self; Kerrville ISD)
Rogers, Candra (Self; Cirsicana ISD)
Smith, Rahsan (Self; Katy ISD)
Stoebe, Stephanie (Self; ATPE)
Tatgenhorst, Andrew (Self)
Vinson, David (Wylie ISD)
Williams, Taylor (Self; Slidell ISD and TARS)
Zenor, Gina (TEPI Texas Education Policy Institute)
Against:
Beinke, David (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Davenport, Lynn (Self)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Fonseca, Adrian (Texas Appleseed)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Greenleaf, Samantha (Self; Educators In Solidarity)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Liva, Debra (Self; In Child’s Best Interest)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mahon, Marissa (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self)
Rege, Renuka (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Volk, Maia (Disability Rights Texas)
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
On:
Chavez, Yulissa (Self; The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Chevalier, Andrea (TCASE)
Lowe, Mary (Self; Families Engaged)
Markum, Alicia (Self)
Mayer, Jean (Self; Pflugerville isd)
McKenzie, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Ross, Melissa (Self)
Smith, Anna (Self; Leander ISD)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bowen, Scott (Self)
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Craft, John (Self; Northside ISD)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Hallmark, Bryan (Sealy ISD)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self)
Holdren, Stephanie (Texas PTA)
Kim, Anne (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Molak, Maurine (Self; David’s Legacy Foundation)
Neatherlin, Jenifer (Hutto ISD)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
O’Brien, Randal (Goose Creek CISD)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rogers, Eugene (Self; Corsicana high school)
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
Ruffin, Mark (Self; Montgomery ISD)
Schmidt, Rolinda (Texas Association of School Boards)
Sexton, Kristel (Self)
Snell, Steven (Liberty Hill ISD)
Toscano, Roland (Self; East Central ISD, Texas Association of School Administrators)
Whitehead, Jay (Brazosport Independent School District)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Albert Donovan, Carolyn (Self)
Bakich, Meg (Self)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Caballero, Kristian (Texas Appleseed)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Cooper, Robbi (Decoding Dyslexia Texas)
Costello, Alicia (Self)
Czempinski, Kea (Self)
Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)
Erisman, Wendy (Self)
Fife, Travis (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Geigerman, Louis (Self)
Green, Laura (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Hollingsworth, Sidney (Self)
Hunt, Peter (Self)
Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)
Kaplan, Judith (Self)
Laake-stanfield, Bryce (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Liu, Allen (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Martinez, Martin (Self)
McCain, Demetria L. (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
Mirto, Sophia (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
Quinzi, Patty (TX- American Federation of Teachers)
Santhanam, Karen (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
Tran, Crystal (Texas Appleseed)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Whitman, Linda (Self)
On:
Ferris, David (Self)
Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hilliard, Paula (Texas Education 911)
Iannaccone, Marisa (Texas council for developmental disabilities)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Schutte, Marian (TEA)
Williams, Latronda (Self)
For:
Branch, Vincent (Self)
Brigham, Michael Shawn (Self; Next Gen Personal Finance)
Espinal, Yanely (Self; NGPF Mission 2030 Fund)
Williamson, J’Vonnie (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Austin, Glen (Greater Houston Partnership)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants)
Biundo, Jen (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Bonilla, Grace (Self; Texas Impact)
Brown, Christianna (Self; True Texas Project)
Brown, Elaina (Self; True Texas project)
Brown, James (Self)
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Collins, Mia (Self)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Dawson, Lindsay (Self)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Flanders, Caitlin (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors)
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Association of TX)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Gonzales, Larry (Texas Consumer Finance Association)
Grimes, Michael (Consumer Service Alliance of Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hilliard, Paula (Texas Education 911)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
McCartt, J (Texas Consumer Credit Coalition)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP)
Texas Chapter)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
Raines, Stephen (Texas Credit Union Association)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rogers, David (Self; True TX project)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Walker, Kwame (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)
Wittenburg, Michelle (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors)
Woltersdorf, Paytyn (Wells Fargo)
Against:
Bakich, Meg (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Liu, Allen (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
McCain, Demetria L. (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)
On:
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
For:
Aughinbaugh, Stephanie (Self; Uplift Education)
Bishop-Watt, Trista (Good Reason Houston)
Grantham, Gabe (Texas 2036)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Tolliver, Ashley (Self; Parent Shield Fort Worth)
Wadsworth, Eric (Self)
Against:
Davenport, Lynn (Self)
On:
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Austin, Glen (Greater Houston Partnership)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Boiser, Sam (Educate Texas)
Collins, Mia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Criner, Cecelia (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan)
Franklin, Ryan (Philanthropy Advocates)
Greer, Kate (The Commit Partnership)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Kimball, Mandi (Childre at Risk)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Lane, Damillah (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Love, Jarod (ExcelinEd in Action)
Matlock, Tarrell (Self)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Minnehan, Julie (Amplify)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
O'Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Reeser, Rose ann (Self)
Tagle, Richard (Self; E3 Alliance)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
Against:
Bakich, Meg (Self)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Lowe, Mary (Self; Families Engaged)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
Quinzi, Patty (TX- American Federation of Teachers)
Sexton, Kristel (Self)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (TCASE)
Cooper, Robbi (Decoding Dyslexia Texas)
Hodge, Andrew (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Coalition for Educator Preparation)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hilliard, Paula (Texas Education 911)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Bakich, Meg (Self)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Lowe, Mary (Self; Families Engaged)
On:
Lecholop, Steve (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Williams, Latronda (Self)
For:
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Kimball, Mandi (Childre at Risk)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Rege, Renuka (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
On:
Hilliard, Paula (Texas Education 911)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bishop-Watt, Trista (Good Reason Houston)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Collins, Mia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Gomez, Addie (Bexar County Education Coalition)
Gomez, Addie (Gulf Coast Education Coalition)
Gomez, Addie (Permian Basin Education Coalition)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Greenleaf, Samantha (Self; Educators In Solidarity)
Greer, Kate (The Commit Partnership)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Kim, Anne (Self)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
O'Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
Person, Maria (Self)
Quinzi, Patty (TX- American Federation of Teachers)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Bakich, Meg (Self)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Marx, David (Texas Education Agency)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Albert Donovan, Carolyn (Self)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bledsoe, Hunter (Self)
Brownson, Amanda (TASBO)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (TCASE)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Gomez, Addie (Bexar County Education Coalition)
Gomez, Addie (Gulf Coast Education Coalition)
Gomez, Addie (Permian Basin Education Coalition)
Greenleaf, Samantha (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Hollingsworth, Sidney (Self)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Kimball, Mandi (Childre at Risk)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
O'Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Person, Maria (Self)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Quinzi, Patty (TX- American Federation of Teachers)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Reeser, Rose ann (Self)
Rege, Renuka (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Lowe, Mary (Self; Families Engaged)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Marx, David (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Scott, John (TEA)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bowen, Scott (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum, President)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Hilliard, Paula (Texas Education 911)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Hartsfield, Cory (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
On:
Lecholop, Steve (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
On:
Hall, Steve (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Hope, Michael (Self; Robinson isd)
Lowe, Mary (Self; Families Engaged)
Meroney, Mike (Self)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Romo, Joel (Texas Association for Health, Physical Education,Recreation and Dance)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Owen, Robert (Texas parks and wildlife)
Smith, Matthew (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
For:
Ferris, David (Self)
Gee, Greyson (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hale, Paul (Self)
Hamm, Kenna (Self)
Holdren, Stephanie (Texas PTA)
Liddell, Andrew (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Molak, Maurine (Self; David’s Legacy Foundation)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
Muhammad, Janelle (Self)
Sturgeon, Ella (Self)
Sturgeon, Shala (Self)
Thompson, Kim (Self)
Vanek, Benjamin (Self)
Vincent, Liana (Self)
Wible, Dawn (Self; Talk More Tech Less)
Against:
Davenport, Lynn (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
Lowe, Mary (Self; Families Engaged)
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
On:
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Hilliard, Paula (Texas Education 911)
Mitta, Sukhadeva (Self)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Grantham, Gabe (Texas 2036)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Self)
Kimball, Mandi (Childre at Risk)
Love, Jarod (ExcelinEd in Action)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Sexton, Kristel (Self)
Sparks, Andrea (Not On Our Watch Texas)
Tagle, Richard (Self; E3 Alliance)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wittenburg, Michelle (David’s Legacy Foundation)
Against:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Collins, Mia (Self)
Hejny, Chrissy (Self)
Liva, Debra (Self; In Child’s Best Interest)
Williams, Latronda (Self)
Winters, Leslie (Self)
On:
Chavez, Yulissa (Self; The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez-Prather, Dr. Kathy (Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University)
Matthews, Leslee (Self)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Scott, John (TEA)
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