WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May 3, 2005-2:00P
HB 253
For: Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
Montgomery, Dan (State Board of Education)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 328
For: Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Jenkins, Dr. Nadine (Self)
Tounget, Craig (Texas Parent Teacher Association)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
HB 444
For: Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
On: Moore, Tommy (Gainesville ISD & TASB)
Taylor, Allison (COUNCIL ON SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT)
HB 451
For: Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ATPE)
HB 527
For: Bacon, Tim (Texas State Teachers Assoc)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 620
For: Brady, Denise (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan M (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 622
For: Brady, Denise (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Medina, Estela P. (Juvenile Justice Association of Texas
(President))
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 623
For: Brady, Denise (The Mental Health Association in Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self and Texas Federation of Teachers)
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
Maxwell, Susan (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 827
Against: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)
On: Caudullo, Chris (Self and National Center for
Educational Accountability)
HB 977
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
On: Taylor, Allison (COUNCIL ON SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT)
HB 1166
For: Camp, Victoria (Texas Association Against Sexual
Assault)
Conner, Vanessa (Self and Reagan High School)
DehaCerda, Joe (Self)
Mosley, Carolyn (Self)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Sandrea, Shannon (Self and Safeplace School-based
Counselor)
Spence, RaeAnne (Self)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 1560
For: Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Medina, Estela P. (Juvenile Justice Association of Texas
(President))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 1612
For: Brown, Dr. Christopher (Self)
Hampton, Angela (Self)
Jackson, Linda G. (Self)
Medrano, Margarita L. (Self)
Prieto, Linda (Self)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Rossatto, Dr. Cesar (Self)
Tounget, Craig (Texas Parent Teacher Association)
Valenzuela, Dr. Angela (Texas LULAC)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
Yanez-Correa, Ana (National LULAC)
Zamora, Clara (Self)
Against: Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HB 1613
For: Brown, Dr. Christopher (Self)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Hampton, Angela (Self)
Jackson, Linda G. (Self)
Medrano, Margarita L. (Self)
Prieto, Linda (Self)
Rossatto, Dr. Cesar (Self)
Tounget, Craig (Texas Parent Teacher Association)
Valenzuela, Dr. Angela (Texas LULAC)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (Texas State Teachers Assoc)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (Association of Texas Professional
Educators)
Yanez-Correa, Ana (National LULAC)
Zamora, Clara (Self)
Against: Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HB 2413
For: Causby, Lynn (Self)
Dunne, Jimmy (People Opposed to Paddling Students)
Haskins, Debbie (Self)
Maxwell, Susan M (Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities)
Pollard, Deana (Self)
Sandel, Renee (Self)
Against: Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
On: Melina Rabb, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HB 2464
For: Guild, Valerie (CHARLIE GUILD MELANOMA FOUNDATION)
Ramsdell, M.D., William M. (Self and American Cancer
Society-Austin Metro Unit; Texas Dermatological
Society)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
On: Balderrama, Sandra (Texas Cancer Council)
HB 2605
For: Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers and Self)
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
Whitsett, Jo Hannah (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATORS)
HB 2778
Against: Melina Raab, Ted (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Weisfeld, Shanna R (TX State Teachers Assoc)
HB 2831
For: Bacon, Tim (Texas State Teachers Assoc)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
O'Sullivan, John P. (Tx. Federation of Teachers)
HB 2953
On: Gerstenschlager, Merry Lynn (Self and Texas Eagle
Forum-Education Liaison)