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WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April  12, 2007 - 8:00 AM
HB  163 - Committee Substitute  (Patrick)
 
    For:
Shaddix, Julian (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
 
 
 
 
HB  163
 
    For:
Sides, Rochelle (Bully Police USA)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Cervantes, Rene  (Self)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  426
 
    For:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Ellen (TX PTA)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Griffiths, Mike  (Self)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc)
 
 
Ramos, Ruby (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Slaughter, Kristen (Texas Parent Teacher Association (TX PTA))
 
 
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  494
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Griffiths, Mike  (Self)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  531
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Harris, Dwight (TFT)
 
 
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Slaughter, Kristen (Texas Parent Teacher Association (TXPTA))
 
 
 
 
HB  572
 
    For:
Crocker, Terry  (Self)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Gonzalez, Joseph Gibson  (Self)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators(ATPE))
 
 
Ramos, Ruby (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Sides, Johnny  (Self)
 
 
Sides, Rochelle (Bully Police USA)
 
 
 
 
HB  572 - Committee Substitute  (Patrick)
 
    For:
Crocker, Terry  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
 
 
HB  702
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Harrison, Troy D. (Texas School District Police Chiefs Association)
 
 
Nichols, Thomas (Lubbock ISD, Texas Police Chiefs, Texas School District Police)
 
 
Ward, Jeff (Texas Association of School District Police)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Braaten, Timothy A. (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards & Education)
 
 
 
 
HB  833
 
    For:
Collins, Allyson (TASB)
 
 
Gonzalez, Joseph Gibson  (Self)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators(ATPE))
 
 
Sides, Johnny  (Self)
 
 
Sides, Rochelle (Bully Police USA)
 
 
Terrell, Randall (Equality Texas)
 
 
Tyson Jr., David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Martinez, Ray (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community School)
 
 
Ramos, Ruby (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Vasquez, John  (Self and Texas Municipal Courts Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  920
 
    For:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Ellen (TX PTA)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Slaughter, Kristen (Texas Parent Teacher Association (TXPTA))
 
 
Wilson, Columba P.  (Self)
 
 
Wilson, Ronald T.  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
LaVallo, Richard (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1287
 
    For:
Berkman, Tammy  (Self)
 
 
Drenner, Julie (Texans for Family Values)
 
 
Jordan, Grace Barber (Leander School Board)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Blumoff, Neil  (Self)
 
 
Colbert, Paul (Anti-Defamation League)
 
 
Soifer, Jan  (Self and Jewish Community Association of Austin (JCAA) and Community Relations Council of the JCAA)
 
 
Whitehurst, Rev. Emilee  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Rice, Pastor Sonny  (Self)
 
 
Turner, Lucille  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1324
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Griffiths, Mike  (Self)
 
 
Holmes, Dr. William P. (Bexar County Juvenile Probation Dpt; Bexar County Juvenile Justice Academy)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
    For:
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Incoporated)
 
 
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
Weiberg, Marihelen  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
 
 
 
 
HB  1461
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  1601
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  1675
 
    For:
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
HB  2183
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators( ATPE))
 
 
McFarland, Freddie (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
 
 
 
 
HB  2360
 
    For:
Holmes, Dr. William P. (Bexar County Juvenile Probation Dpt; Bexar County Juvenile Justice Academy)
 
 
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
Wieberg, Marihelen  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  2532
 
    For:
Collins, Robby (Dallas I S D)
 
 
McCullough, Jerry (Arlington I S D)
 
 
Tyson Jr., David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
LaVallo, Richard (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Kirby, Cindy (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Slaughter, Kristen (Texas Parent Teacher Association (TX PTA))
 
 
Ward, Kyle (Texas Parent Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2594
 
    For:
Kohler, David  (Self and CLEAT (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Collins, Robby (Dallas I S D)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of County Schools)
 
 
Rendon, Rudolph L.  (Self and Houston Independent School District)
 
 
 
 
HB  2594 - Committee Substitute  (Olivo)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference on Urban Counties)
 
 
Williams, Ellen (Houston Independent School District)
 
 
 
 
HB  2835
 
    For:
LaVallo, Richard (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Lightsey, Rebecca (Tx Appleseed)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Lyons, Alexandria (Austin I S D  Student Discipline Coordinator)
 
 
Turner, Randy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Brooke, Linda (TX Juvenile Probation Comm)
 
 
Hartman, Eric (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Collins, Allyson (Texas Association of School Boards; Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Griffiths, Mike  (Self and Dallas County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3202
 
    For:
Moore, Adrian (Council on At-Risk Youth)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Carmichael, Dottie (Resource representing Texas A & M University)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Jones, Sandra (Council-at-Risk Youth (CARY))
 
 
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Ramos, Ruby (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Rodriguez, Hector E.  (Self)
 
 
Schueckler, Leslie (Texas Association for Alternative Education)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Solis, Raul  (Self)
 
 
Webster, Mary Alice  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3409
 
    For:
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Shaddix, Julian (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators  (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
HB  3459
 
    For:
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Harris, Dwight (T F T)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Ellen (TX PTA)
 
 
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Lightsey, Rebecca (Tx Appleseed)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)