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WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March  20, 2007 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  134
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  366
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
 
 
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Canaday, Jennifer M. (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  1101
 
    For:
Adkins, Debbie  (Self and daughter)
 
 
Aleshire, Bill  (Self)
 
 
Lawdermilk, Kevin Todd  (Self)
 
 
Pelzel, Greg  (Self)
 
 
Vest, Freddy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Culwell, Curtis (Garland ISD)
 
 
Garrison, Mike (TASSP (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Association of Community Schools)
 
 
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Odenwald, Cliff  (Self and Coalition for Extracurricular Activities)
 
 
Rodriguez, Joe A.  (Self and Texas High School Athletic Directors Assoc)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Breithaupt, Charles (UIL)
 
 
Farney, Bill (UIL)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Comalander, Jerry (North East ISD)
 
 
Rutledge, D.W. (Texas High School Coaches Asso.)
 
 
Tipton, Sam  (Self and Texas Girls Coaches Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Taylor, Shelia Bailey (State Office of Administrative Hearings)
 
 
 
 
HB  1257
 
    For:
Cooper MD, Kenneth H.  (Self)
 
 
Edwards MD, Kimberly Avila (Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Floyd, Robert (Texas Music Educators Assc.  Texas Coalition For Quality Arts Education)
 
 
Houston, Cindy  (Self)
 
 
Kloster, Jeff (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
Lewis, Tabitha (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Roebuck, Lisa  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
 
 
Banning, Tom (Tx Academy of Family Physicians)
 
 
De La Garza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
 
 
Gray, James (American Cancer Society)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS)
 
 
Hooser, Greg (Texas Association for School Nutrition)
 
 
Hooser, Greg (Texas Dietetic Association)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie M. (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Romo, Joel (American Heart Association)
 
 
Romo, Joel (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
 
    For:
Rose, Denise (Texas Chidren's Hospital)
 
 
Rusnak, Michele (Elementary and Secondary Administrators for Health and Physical Education (SEAHPERD))
 
 
Smith, Michelle  (Self)
 
 
Sperry, Bryan (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bond, Dr. Nathan (Texas Foreign Language Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Behning, Fred  (Self)
 
 
Wheeler, Anita (DSHS)
 
 
 
 
HB  1270
 
    For:
Miller, Dr. Steve (Scientific Learning Corporation)
 
 
Moses, Mike  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)
 
 
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education  T.A.B.E.)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  1400
 
     On:
Edwards, Kimberly (Executive Director Texas Public Finance Authority)
 
 
 
 
HB  1923
 
     On:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
 
 
HB  2080
 
     On:
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Terry, Brooke Dollens (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Levy, Cindy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2176
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barker, Connie (DePelchin Children's Center)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hayes, Michael (Office of Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
HB  2236
 
    For:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Hester, Nancy  (Self and Texas Social Studies Supervisors Assn.)
 
 
McFarland, Freddie (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
 
 
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Phillips, James R. (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Chapman, Cindy  (Self and Association of Tx Professional Educators)
 
 
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Kouri, Richard (TSTA)
 
 
Pennell, Karen L. (ACT, Inc.)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Terry, Brooke Dollens (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Terry, Mark  (Self and Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
 
 
Zarifis, Ken  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Smith, Mary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Craig, Debra (The College Board)
 
 
 
 
HB  2503
 
    For:
Murray, Paula  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Collins, Robby (Dallas I.S.D.)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Lewis, Bill  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2657
 
    For:
Collins, Robby (Dallas I.S.D.)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (ATPE Association of Texas Professional Educators)