WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 26, 2005-2:00P
HB 220
For: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Jones, Carol (Self)
Leo, Terri (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity-TX)
Against: Dieter, Alison (Self and Gray Panthers of Austin)
Eaton, Holly (TX Classroom Teacher Assoc)
Eckstein, Deece (People for the American Way, Texas
Office)
Felthauser, Karen P. (Self)
Maguire, Jr., Bassett (Self)
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
Neavel, Dr. Richard (Self)
Selinger, Keri (ACLU)
VanPraag, Jane L. (Self)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted &
Talented)
Weisfeld, Shanna R. (Tx State Teachers Assoc)
White, M.D., Ben H. (Self)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
Winkler, Matt (Self)
HB 221
For: Lunde, Madeline (Self)
Windham, James M. (Self)
Against: Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted &
Talented)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
On: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)
HB 515
For: Casey, Daniel T. (Self)
Against: Weisfeld, Shanna (Tx State Teachers Assoc)
HB 524
Against: Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Martin, Alex (Self)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted &
Talented)
Weisfeld, Shanna R. (Tx State Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 529
For: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)
Against: Carbo, Kevin (Texas Association of School Boards; Texas
Association of School Administrators)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Self)
McCall, Don (Texas Association of School Boards & Texas
Association of School Administrators)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for Gifted &
Education)
HB 531
For: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)
Against: Bacon, Tim (Tx State Teachers Assoc)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 779
For: Bacon, Tim (TX State Teachers Assoc)
Valenzuela, Dr. Angela (Texas LUCAC same as above)
Whitsett, JoHannah (ATPE)
HB 783
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 849
For: Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA))
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Harrey, ED.D., Keith (Self and Texas Statewide Network
of Assessment Professionals, current president;
Spring Branch ISD)
Jacoby, Pat (Self)
Jost, Norma (Self)
Poth, Sandra (Self and 1.) Northside ISD 2.) T-SNAP
(Texas Statewide Network of Assessment
Professionals) 3.) TSAAG (Tex)
Reeves, Gary (Texas School Alliance)
Say, Elaine (Self and Spring I.S.D.; Roz Keck, Asst.
Supt. for Curriculum and Instruction)
On: Barnes, Susan (TEA)
HB 871
For: Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA))
Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Texas Association of
School Personnel Administrators)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Assoc. School Personnel Adms.)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
On: Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Wisnoski, Joe (Texas Education Agency)
HB 1034
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, JoHannah (ATPE)
HB 1106
For: Shepard, Janelle (Self and Texans for Texas,
conservative grassroots)
HB 1277
For: Bacon, Tim (Tx State Teachers Assoc.)
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Texas Association of
School Personnel Administrators)
Whitsett, JoHannah (ATPE)
HB 1325
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 1406
For: Dunnigan, Jane (Texas School Nurse Organization)
Moore RN, Carole (Texas School Nurses Organization
(President))
Stewart, Debbie (Self)
Wiley, Barbara (Cardiac Science Inc)
HB 1487
For: Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
Against: Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association; TASA/TASB)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Self and Texas Association
of School Personnel Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Assoc. School Personnel Adms.)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted &
Talented)
HB 1689
For: Rachofsky, Marcia C. (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Against: Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
On: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
HB 1757
For: Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Lynn, Andrea (Self)
Uhr, Pam (Self and ACLU of Texas)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
Wood, Joyce L. (Self and Community Advocate)
Against: Kiley, Jo (Forth Worth ISD)
HB 1758
For: Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Uhr, Pam (Self and ACLU of Texas)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
Wood, Joyce L. (Self and Community Advocate)
HB 1805
For: Bacon, Tim (Tx State Teachers Assoc)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA))
Rachofsky, Marcia C. (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 1826
For: Baxley, Jack (Texas Building Branch Associated General
Contractors)
Chatron, Michael J. (Texas Building Branch AGC)
Freeman, Harold (Texas Construction Association)
Hamm, Ron (Speed Fab-Crete Corp (Principal))
HB 1974
For: Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School
Administrators (TASA))
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Harrey, ED.D., Keith (Self and Texas Statewide Network
of Assessment Professionals, current president;
Spring Branch ISD)
Jacoby, Pat (Self)
Jost, Norma (Self)
Morrow, Dr. Rosemary (Self)
Poth, Sandra (Self and 1.) Northside ISD 2.) T-SNAP
(Texas Statewide Network of Assessment
Professionals) 3.) TSAAG (Tex)
Reeves, Gary (Texas School Alliance)
Say, Elaine (Self and Spring ISD; Roz Keck, Asst. Supt.
for Curriculum and Instruction)
Schneider, Cynthia L. (Self and Texas Council of
Teachers of Mathematics)
On: Barnes, Susan (TEA)
HB 2109
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted &
Talented)
HB 2327
For: Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors
Association)
Carpenter, Bill (Houston I.S.D.)
Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Guthrow, Kaitlin (James A. Baker Institute for Public
Policy; Dr. Alvin Torlov)
Guthrow, Kaitlin (Texas Early Childhood Education
Coalition)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Texas Association of
School Personnel Administrators)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Shattuck, Carol (Collaborative for children)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 2534
For: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Jackson, Pat (Belinda Howell, President Austin/Capital
City Business & Professional Women)
Jackson, Pat (Bob Rutishauser)
Jackson, Pat (Clay Cates, Secretary, Aus Austin/Capital
City Business & Professional Women)
Jackson, Pat (Coalition Enabling our Children/Project:
Textbooks Empowerin Students)
Jackson, Pat (David Allen)
Jackson, Pat (Dorothy Ingrarity, Past Presidnet
Austin/Capital City Business & Professional Women)
Jackson, Pat (Dr. Joe J. Bernal)
Jackson, Pat (Mary Helen Berlanga Director, Region 2,
State Board of Education)
Leo, Terri (Self)
Against: Busch, Abi (Self)
Eckstein, Deece (People For The American Way, Texas
Office)
Felthauser, Karen P (Self)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
Preston-Jaeger, Dr. Vera (Self)
Selinger, Keri (ACLU)
Selinger, Keri (Self)
Valenzuela, Dr. Angela (Texas LULAC)
VanPraag, Jane L. (Self)
Weinberg, Tracy (Self and Texas Association for the
Gifted & Talented)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
White, MD., Ben H. (Self)
Whitsett, JoHannah (ATPE)
HB 2578
For: Hagert, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
HB 2847
For: Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Kiley, Jo Shaw (Fort Worth ISD)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Uhr, Pam (Self and ACLU of Texas)
Wood, Joyce L. (Self)
HB 2877
For: Jones, Carol (Self and Am for Prosperity)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
Schlomach, Byron (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
Against: Bacon, Tim (Tx State Teachers Assoc)
Casey, Daniel T. (Self and Texas School Alliance; South
Texas Association of Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Rachofsky, Marcia C. (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
HB 3009
For: Windham, James M. (Self)
Against: Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Kouri, Richard (Texas State Teachers Association)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Self and Texas Association
of School Personnel Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Reeves, Gary (Texas Assoc. School Personnel Adms.)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted &
Talented)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
On: Smith, Herman (Ex. Dir. State Board For Educator
Certification)
HB 3012
For: Crafts, Willie (COPS & METRO ALLIANCE- A MEMBER OF THE
NETWORK OF THE TEXAS INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOUNDATION)
Gaffney, Patricia (Allied Communities of Tarrant- a
member of the network of the Texas Industrial Areas
Foundation)
Hensly Bishop, Franji (Allied Communities of Tarrant- a
member of the network of the Texas Industrial Areas
Foundation)
Martin, Ruth (Allied Communities of Tarrant- a member of
the Network of the Industrial (Areas))
HB 3359
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
On: Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Martin, Dr. Alejandra (Alex) (Texas Association of
School Personnel Administrators)
HJR 92
For: Bacon, Tim (TX State Teachers Assoc)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Medina, Rosa Linda (Self)
SB 124
For: Bordelon, Maureen (Self)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc)
Humble, Macy (Self)
Rachofsky, Marcia C. (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Scillian, Liz (Self)
On: Johnson, Wesley (Texas Council of Administrators of
Special Education (TCASE);Texas Association of
School Boards(TASB)
SB 493
For: Bacon, Tim (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Whitsett, JoHannah (ATPE)