WITNESS LIST

Committee of the Whole Senate Committee
May 12, 2004 -10:00A


CAPS and other arbitrary mechanisms
       AGAINST:   Brown, Tim County Commissioner, Bell County
                         (Conference of Urban Counties), Belton, TX

CSHB 1
       AGAINST:   Hartman, Eric (Texas Federation of Teachers),
                         Austin, TX
                  Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association),
                         Austin, TX
       ON:        Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners
                         Association of Texas), Austin, TX
                  Amos, Allen (Concho County), Paint Rock, TX
                  Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals and
                         Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
                  Grusendorf, Bill (Texas Association Rural Schools),
                         San Saba, TX
                  O'Donnell, Lorraine (El Paso ISD, TASB), Austin, TX
                  Sims, Randy (Brazos County - County Judges and
                         Commissioners Association), Bryan, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
       On:        Jaynes, Joe (Collin County Commissioners Court),
                         McKinney, TX

Equity and Local Enrichment
       FOR:       Downing, Clayton Executive Director (Texas School
                         Coalition), Flower Mound, TX
       ON:        McCown, F. Scott Executive Director (Center for
                         Public Policy Priorities), Austin, TX
                  Pierce, Wayne Executive Director (The Equity
                         Center), Austin, TX
                  Shields, Brad (Texas Smokestack School Coalition),
                         Austin, TX

Financing Public Education - alternative funding
       ON:        Fossen, Mike (Team in Focus, Inc.), Cypress, TX

HB 1
       AGAINST:   Rabb, Cary K. (UAGABAG, Inc.), Round Rock, TX
                  Ratcliff, Joe (Texas Grocery and Convenience
                         Association), Austin, TX
       ON:        Allen, George B. (Texas Apartment Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  Baleson, Joanna A. (Self), Seabrook, TX
                  Grinols, Earl Professor (Texans Against Gambling),
                         Waco, TX
                  Halpin, Richard H. (American Youth Works), Austin,
                         TX
                  Knezek, Jana (Self), San Antonio, TX
                  Meraz, Gloria (Texas Library Association), Austin,
                         TX
                  Molinare, Larry (Texas Land Title Association),
                         Austin, TX
                  New, Alvin (Town and Country Food Stores), San
                         Angelo, TX
                  West, Mickey D. County Judge (Palo Pinto County),
                         Palo Pinto, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
       On:        Porras, Telca Karen (Association of Charter
                         Educators), Austin, TX
                  Strickland, Phil (Texas Baptist Ch. Life
                         Commission), Dallas, TX
                  Ware, Weston (Texans Against Gambling), Cedar Hill,
                         TX

  Providing written testimony:
       On:        Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association), Austin,
                         TX
                  Rodriguez, Jennifer (County and District Clerks
                         Association of Texas), Austin, TX

HB 1 and CSHB 1
       AGAINST:   Yanez-Correa, Ana (Texas LULAC and Texas NAACP),
                         Austin, TX

HB 1/SB 1
       ON:        Feckley, David L. (Ozarka Bottled Water), Wylie, TX

HB 1, SB1, SJR 1
       ON:        Mathis, Mary Nell (Common Cause), Austin, TX

Local Control/Appraisal and Revenue Caps
       ON:        Whitley, Glen (Tarrant County - Conference of Urban
                         Counties), Hurst, TX

Public School Finance Proposal
       ON:        Hughes, Jennifer (Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
                         Texas), Washington, DC

School Finance Bill
       ON:        Garza III, Juan (Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
                         Texas), Eagle Pass, TX

School Finance Issues
       ON:        Zolkoski, Mike (Brownsville Independent School
                         District), Brownsville, TX

SB 1
       FOR:       Bridges, Judy (Texas Association for the Gifted and
                         Talented), Odessa, TX

SB/HB 1
       ON:        Garcia, Rey (Texas Association of Community
                         Colleges), Austin, TX