WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 1, 2003-2:00P
HB 230
Against: Avila, Richard (Self)
Collins, Robby (Dr. Mike Moses/Dallas I.S.D.)
Comalander, Jerry (Self and Texas High School Athletic
Directors Association)
Culwell, Curtis (Garland I.S.D.)
DeLeon, Marty (TASB)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Association of School Personnel
Administrators)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Tipton, Sam (Texas Girls Coaches Association)
Waggoner, Kay (Self and Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Wolski, Eddie (Texas High School Coaches Association)
HB 347
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Against: Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
HB 580
Against: Avila, Richard (Self)
Buck, Steve (Texas Tennis Coaches Association)
Collins, Robby (Dr. Mike Moses/Dallas I.S.D.)
Comalander, Jerry (Self and Texas High School Athletic
Directors Association)
Culwell, Curtis (Garland I.S.D.)
DeLeon, Marty (TASB)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Hendrix, Don (Self)
Joseph, Ed (Texas High School Coaches Association)
Koch, Steve (Jesuit College Prep)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Neely, Traci (Self)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Association of School Personnel
Administrators)
Rodriguez, Joe (Rio Grande Valley Athletic Directors and
Coaches Association)
Rutledge, D.W. (Texas High School Coaches Association)
Sherley, Rick (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Stovall, Robert (Texas Music Educators Association)
Tipton, Sam (Texas Girls Coaches Association)
Wager, Bob (Self)
Waggoner, Kay (Self and Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Wolski, Eddie (Texas High School Coaches Association)
On: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
HB 793
For: Bennett, William (K-12)
Freeman, Cindy (Self)
Goodrich, Melissa Halbert (Self and Viginia Van Cleve,
President, Daughters of The Republic of Texas)
Johnson, Lisa (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Texas Citizen Action Network)
Paynter, Susan (Christian Life Commission & Baptist
General Convention of Texas)
Schlueter, Linda (Texas Justice Foundation)
Trotter, Clayton (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self and Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Wallace, Margaret Long (Self)
Against: Epstein, Ruth (ACLU of Texas)
HB 973
For: Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Shields, Brad (Self)
Thompson, David (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Against: Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
HB 1164
Against: Avila, Richard (Self)
Collins, Robby (Dr. Mike Moses/Dallas I.S.D.)
Comalander, Jerry (Self and Texas High School Athletic
Directors Association)
Culwell, Curtis (Garland I.S.D.)
DeLeon, Marty (TASB)
Joseph, Ed (Texas High School Coaches Association)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Association of School Personnel
Administrators)
Rodriguez, Joe (Rio Grande Valley Athletic Directors and
Coaches Association, and B.I.S.D.)
Rutledge, D.W. (Texas High School Coaches Association)
Sherley, Rick (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Tipton, Sam (Texas Girls Coaches Association)
Waggoner, Kay (Self and Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Wolski, Eddie (Texas High School Coaches Association)
HB 1554
For: Bennett, William (K-12)
Dreyer, Barbara (Connections Academy)
Jackson, Lee (University of North Texas System)
Packard, Ronald (K12)
Trotter, Clayton (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self and Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Watson, Forrest (Self and Eagle Academies of Texas)
Against: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Neavel, Richard (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
O'Sullivan, John (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Funds)
Smoot, Samantha (Texas Freedom Network)
Whitsett, JoHannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
HB 1570
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
HB 1619
For: Hungate, Jan (Hallsburg I.S.D.)
HB 1691
For: Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Soehnge, Karen (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
HB 1776
For: Tatum, Kyev (San Marcos Preparatory School)
Venable, Peggy (Self and Citizens for a Sound Economy)
HB 2218
For: Harris, Jo Beth (Self)
James, Janelle (Houston I.S.D.)
Williams, Ellen (Houston I.S.D.)
Against: Bacon, Tim (TSTA)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
O'Sullivan, John P. (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Whitsett, Jo-Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
On: Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards)
HB 2707
For: Cain, Bonny (Pearland Independent School District)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Hodgins, David (Self and TASA & TASB)
Sartain, Cathy (Self and Texas Council of Administrators
of Special Education)
Against: Dooley, Michelle (Self)
Eernisse, Virginia (Self and ARC of the Gulf Coast)
Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Gordon, Trisha (Self)
Gouris, Allison (Self and Autism Society of Greater
Austin)
Horton, Colleen (Self and Texas Center for Disability
Studies)
Hyatt, Deborah (Texas Federation of Families for
Children's Mental Health)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Manajek, Audrey (Self)
Mattson, Reene (Self)
Schleiss, Ronnie (Self and Autism Society of Greater
Austin)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Tillery-Thee, Sharleston (Mentally Impaired Children)
On: Gregg, Brock (ATPE)
Keller, Merily Ho (Self)
LaVallo, Richard (Advocacy, Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HB 2757
Against: Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
On: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Class Room Teachers
Association)
HCR 73
For: Bennett, William (K-12)
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
Association of Texas)
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Industrial Vocational
Association)
Kopec, Joe (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals)
Schlueter, Linda (Texas Justice Foundation)
Thomas, Mark (Self)
Tribble, Debbie (Self)
Trotter, Clayton (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self and Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Watson, Forrest (Self and Eagle Academies of Texas)
Against: Neavel, Richard (Self)
On: Bacon, Tim (TSTA)
Smoot, Samantha (Texas Freedom Network)