WITNESS LIST
HB 2
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
February 8, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
For: Spates, Susan (TAGT)
Stevens, John (Texas Business and Education Coalition)
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Cervenka, Kathleen (Legislative Budget Board)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Scott, Robert (Texas Education Agency)
Wisnoski, Joe (Texas Education Agency)
February 9, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
For: Watson, Forrest (Alliance for Sound Edusation Policy)
Against: Hinojosa, David (MALDEF)
On: Casey, Daniel (Self)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards)
King, Daniel (Hidalgo ISD; South Texas Association of
Schools)
Lambert, Kay (Advocay, Inc.)
Moore, Harvin (Houston ISD)
O'Hanlon, Kevin (Self)
Patterson, Chris (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Schlomach, Byron (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Smith, Mike (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Thompson, David (Self)
February 10, 2005 - upon final adjourn./recess
For: Bernhard, Carol (Self)
Grote, Jeff (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
O'Grady, Pat (Texans for Texas)
Pharr, Dianna (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
Against: Kari, Richard (Texas State Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
On: Acker Parks, Ursula (Legislative Budget Board)
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Colbert, Paul (Self and El Paso ISD)
Downing, Clayton (Texas School Coalition)
Gregg, Brock (ATPE)
Grusendorf, Bill (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association)
Jones, Carol (Self)
Keller, Harrison (Speaker Tom Craddick)
Loving, Don (Self and Communities in Schools-Central
Texas; Communities in Schools of Texas, Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Romero, Jesse (E.N.A.B.L.E./B.E.A.M.)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted and
Talented)
Whiteker, Mary Ann (Self and Texas Association of
Midsize Schools)
Wisnoski, Joe (Texas Education Agency)
February 14, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
For: Fallon, James (Education Resource Group)
Haeberlen, Paul (Education Resource Group)
McAuliffe, Brian (Self)
Tauer, Timothy T. (Education Resource Group)
Wimberley, Alan (Eagle Academies of Texas)
Against: Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Weatherford, Bryan (Texas State Teachers Association)
On: Carr, Susan (Self)
Casey, Daniel T. (Self)
Kress, Sandy (Texas Businesses for Educational
Excellence)
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance; South Texas
Association of Schools)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Woolfolk, Rick (TASB, TASA, Denton I.S.D.)
February 15, 2005 - upon final adjourn./recess
For: Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Kress, Sandy (Texas Businesses for Educational
Excellence)
Stevens, Michael (Self)
Watson, Forrest (Self)
Against: Fuery, Sharon (Self and Texas Association of School
Personnel Administrators)
On: Ajuria Martin, Alejandra (Texas Association of School
Personnel Administrators)
Cisneros, Rafael (Valley Interfaith/Network of Texas)
Fuller, Ed (Self)
Gaffney, Patricia (Allied Communities of
Tarrant/Industrial Areas Foundation Network of
Organizations)
Hubbard, Darci (Self and TMO/IAF Network of
Organization)
Kramer, Benjamin (Austin Interfaith/IAF Network of
Organizations)
Woolfolk, Rick (TASB, Denton ISD)
February 16, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
For: Ballatyne Walne, Marina (Self)
Collins Sorrells, Rosie (Self)
Conde, Julie (Self and Eagle Academies of Texas)
Kostelecky, Carolyn (ACT, Inc)
Palmatier, Randy (Wimberley ISD)
Torres, Eduardo (San Antonio ISD)
On: Deloza, Linda (Self)
Garibay, Salvador (Self)
Winkler, Sarah (Texas Association of School Boards,
Alief ISD)
February 17, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
For: Cunningham, William H. (Self)
Gilden, David (Sepstart, Inc.)
Lee Jiles, Jodie (Greater Houston Partnership)
Ritter, Phil (Texas Instruments Incorporated)
Smith, Ph.D., Steven M. (Sept Start, Inc.)
Winick, Darv (Self)
On: Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Bruno, Tina (Texans for a Traditional School Year)
Gregg, Brock (Association of TX Professional Educators)
Winkler, Sarah (Texas Association of School Boards;
Alief ISD)
February 18, 2005 - 10:00A or upon final adjourn./recess
For: Bartosh, James (Granger ISD; Temple College at Taylor)
Bernhard, Carol (Self and Dianna Pharr)
Pharr, Dianna (Self)
Stark, Gary (Dr. Lew Solmon, Milken Family Foundation)
On: Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Kolenda, Joe (Texas Career and Technology Council)
Sartor, Sudie (Self)
February 22, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, Robert (Texas Education Agency)
February 24, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, Robert (Texas Education Agency)
Wisnoski, Joe (Texas Education Agency)
February 28, 2005 - 2:00P or upon final adjourn./recess
Committee Substitute (Grusendorf)
For: Kress, Sandy (Texas Businesses for Educational
Excellence)
Against: Colbert, Paul (Self and El Paso Independent School
District)
Culwell, Curtis (Texas School Alliance)
Downing, Clayton (Texas School Coalition)
Gregg, Brock (Association of TX Professional Educators)
Grusendorf, Bill (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
Hinojosa, Michael (Self and Fast Growth School
Coalition)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Ass'n)
King, Daniel (Hidalgo I.S.D.; South Texas Association of
Schools)
Kouri, Richard (Texas State Teachers Association)
Leo, Filomena (South Texas Assoc. of Schools)
McCown, F. Scott (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Orr, Dawson R. (Self and Texas Association of School
Administrators; Coalition to Invest in Public Schools)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Smith, Mary L. (Self and Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Valenzuela, Angela (Texas LULAC)
Winkler, Sarah (Texas Association of School Boards;
Alief ISD)
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Kostelecky, Carolyn (ACT, Inc)
Parks, Ursula (Legislative Budget Board)
Romero, Anna Alicia (Intercultural Development Research
Association)
Romero, Jesse (B.E.A.M./E.N.A.B.L.E.)
March 1, 2005 - upon final adjourn./recess
Committee Substitute (Grusendorf)
For: Martinez, Maria (Self)
Schlomach, Byron (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Shepard, Janelle (Self and Texans for Texas, grassroots
conservatives)
Venable, Peggy (AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY)
Watson, Forrest E. (Alliance for Sound Education Policy)
Against: Moak, Lynn (Self)
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Wisnoski, Joe (Texas Education Agency)