WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March 4, 2003-2:00P
HB 242
For: Blincoe, Reece (Del Valle Independent School District)
Clark, Jeff (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Industrial Vocational
Association)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Kester, Steve (American Electronics Association)
Madsen, Gary (Round Rock Independent School District)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors
Association)
Quinten, Jim (Automotive Wholesalers of Texas)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Sanez-Correa, Ana (League of United Latin American
Citizens)
Whitsett, Johannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Against: Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
On: Lindsey, Paul (Texas Education Agency)
Madelen, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
HB 316
For: Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Trull, Asa (The Texas Association for the Gifted and
Talented)
HB 319
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HB 381
For: Harrison, Rebecca (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Holcombe, Linda (Self and Texas Industrial Vocational
Association)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Reynolds III, Alonzo (Texas Association of Secondary
School Principals)
Richardson, Fred (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Sanex-Correa, Ana (League of United Latin American
Citizens)
Urretia, Marcela (National Council of La Raza)
Villareal, Armondo (United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO)
On: Cloudt, Criss (Texas Education Agency)
Cox, Cathy (Texas State Comptroller)
Ressel, Betty (Texas Comptroller)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
HB 583
For: Saenz-Correa, Ana (League of United Latin American
Citizens)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Villareal, Armando (United Farmworkers, AFL-CIO)
Against: Manny, Lynne L. (Self)
Martinez, Jesse (Self)
Needham, Judy (Self)
HB 673
For: Reeves, Gary (Self and Texas Association of School
Personnel Administrators)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Walheim, Donald (Texas Association of School Boards)
Against: Effenberger, Barbara (Self)
Heuberger, Ann (Texas State Teachers Association)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA)
On: Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
HB 684
For: Reeves, Gary (Texas Association of School Personnel
Administrators)
Against: NewHaschke, Donna (Texas State Teachers Association)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Whelan, Lauren (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
On: Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Oldroyd, Steve (Texas Educational Diagnosticians
Association)
HB 758
For: Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Whitsett, JoHannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Against: Douglass, Cathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Thompson, David (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
On: Ressel, Betty (Texas Comptroller)
HB 859
For: Inmon, Gary (Texas Association of School Boards)
Williams, Ellen (Self)
Against: Effenberger, Barbara (Self)
Gaul, Malinda (American Association of University Women)
Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
New Haschke, Donna (Texas State Teachers Association)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Sanez-Correa, Ana (League of United Latin American
Citizens)
Smoot, Samantha (Texas Freedom Network)
Tounget, Craig (Texas PTA)
Urrutia, Marcela (National Council of La Raza)
Villareal, Armando (United Farmworkers, AFL-CIO)
HB 1024
For: Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elemetary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Price, Mia (Texas Association of School Boards)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Association of School Personnel
Administrators)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Against: Gooze, Edward (Self and Communication & Learning
Services)
Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Heuberger, Ann (Texas State Teachers Association)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Snead, Karen (The Arc of Greater Houston, The Arc of
Texas)
On: Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Self and Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
HCR 15
For: Carpenter, Bill (Houston Independent School District)
Clark, Jeff (National Federation of Independent
Businesses)
Jackson, Diane (Spring Branch Independent School
District)
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of
Texas)
Tompkins, Don (Self)