WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
(SUBCOMMITTEE ON Mandate Relief)
March 24, 2003-12:00A
HB 443
For: Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
King, Mary Beth (TASB, and Plano I.S.D.)
Rogers, Mark (Austin I.S.D., and TASB)
Against: Cates, Nuel (Self and Daily Commercial Record)
Hartman, Fred (Self and Texas Daily Newspaper
Association & Texas Press Association)
Morin, Milton (Texas Daily Newspaper, Texas Press
Association, and Daily Court Review)
On: Ressel, Betty (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Van Pelt, Jeff (Comptroler of Public Accounts)
HB 762
Against: Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Wall, Marjorie (TSTA)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)
On: Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HB 1107
For: Beneski, Amy (TASA)
Clark, Catherine (TASB)
Against: Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)
HB 1145
Against: Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Jennings, Steve (Self and Bexar County Federation of
Teachers)
Malone, Debra (Self)
Wall, Marjorie (TSTA)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)
On: Kopec, Joe (Self and Texas Association of Secondary
School Principals)
HB 1225
For: Borreca, Christopher (TASB, TCASE, TASA, and TEPSA)
King, Mary Beth (TASB, and Plano I.S.D.)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)
Against: Byrd, Kathy (Self)
Geigerman, Louis (Self)
Jonas, Christopher (Self)
Robbins, Matha (Self)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
LaVallo, Richard (Advocacy Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
HB 1339
For: Borreca, Chris (TCASE, TASB, TEPSA, and TASA)
King, Mary Beth (TASB, and Plano I.S.D.)
Leifeste, Margaret (Texas Educational Diagnosticians
Association)
Salyards, Cheryl (TCASE, TEPSA, TASA, and TASB)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)
Against: Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
On: Lambert, Kay (Advocacy Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council fo Developmental
Disabilities)
HB 1479
For: Bigbee, Edd (Azle I.S.D. Board of Trustees)
Cron, Deborah (Weatherford I.S.D.)
Against: Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Smoot, Samantha (Texas Freedom Network)
Statman, Rona (Arc of Texas)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)
On: Lanbert, Kay (Advocacy Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council fo Developmental
Disabilities)
HB 1626
For: Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Buinger, Gene (H.E.B.I.S.D)
Douglass, Cathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Against: Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Wall, Marjorie (TSTA)
Whitsett, Johanna (ATPE)