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WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April  16, 2009  upon final adjourn./recess
HB  131
 
     On:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BENESKI, AMY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSN.)
 
 
DUTY, DAVID (TEXAS ASSOC OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
GREEN, SHELTON (CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION OF THE TEXAS BAPTIST CONVENTION)
 
 
RIVAS, ANDREW (TEXAS CATHOLIC CONFERENCE)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
 
 
HB  474
 
    For:
SORRELLS, RICK (DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX-AFT)
 
 
 
 
HB  504
 
    For:
LEFLORE, JOHN (JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DUTY, DAVID (TEXAS ASSOC. OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
MILLER, JEFF (ADVOCACY INCORPORATED)
 
 
STATMAN, RONA (THE ARC OF TEXAS)
 
 
SURPRENANT, ERICA (TEXAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COALITION)
 
 
TERRAZAS, ERICA (TEXAS APPLESEED)
 
 
WOLFE, JONATHAN (THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TEXAS)
 
 
 
 
HB  1410
 
    For:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
LUGO, NOELITA (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
HB  1470
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSN.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
MARTIN, ALEJANDRA "ALEX" (TX ASSOC OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX-AFT)
 
 
 
 
HB  1563
 
    For:
MARTIN, ALEJANDRA  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
TERRY, BROOKE (TX PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ERBEN, ANDREW (TEXAS ASSN. OF BUSINESS
TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION REFORM)
 
 
THOMAS, AMANDA (TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
HB  1839
 
    For:
ACKERSON, CHRISTINE  (Self)
 
 
CRAFT, ELENA (ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND)
 
    For:
DESHONG, PAIGE (CHRISTINE ACKERMAN, SCHOOL SITING BILL)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
OROURKE, CYNTHIA  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
HOLCOMBE, LINDA (TEXAS INDUSTRIAL VOCATIONAL ASSOC (TIVA))
 
 
ISBURGH, PETER  (Self)
 
 
JERMAN, RHONDA  (Self)
 
 
JOHNSON, MATHEW (PUBLIC CITIZEN)
 
 
KENDERDINE, MARSHALL (TEXAS PEDIATRIC SOCIETY)
 
 
LUGO, NOELITA (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
TOUNGET, CRAIG (AUSTIN PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBLITY)
 
 
 
 
HB  2193
 
     On:
GIVENS, ANITA (TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY)
 
 
WHITLOW, ELIZABETH (FRIENDS OF THE SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
WOLFE, JONATHAN (THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TEXAS)
 
 
 
 
HB  2759
 
    For:
ROMERO, JESSE (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION (T.A.B.E.))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSN.)
 
 
CEDILLO, GUS  (Self and TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
FIGUEROA, LUIS (MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND (MALDEF))
 
 
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX AFT)
 
 
 
 
HB  2812
 
    For:
HALL, JAMES (EL PASO INTERRELIGIOUS SPONSORING ORGANIZATION PROJECT ARRIBA/TEXAS IAF NETWORK)
 
 
RAMIREZ, JOHN  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
COMBS, SUSAN (CPA)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
GREEN, SHELTON (CHRISTIAN LIE COMMISSION OF THE TEXAS BAPTIST CONVENTION)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
MOSS, REBECCA (TX ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS)
 
 
 
 
HB  3051
 
    For:
TERRY, BROOKE (TX PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
THOMAS, AMANDA (TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
HB  3421
 
    For:
ERBEN, ANDREW (TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS
TEXAS INSTITUTE FIR EDUCATION REFORM)
 
 
FULLER, ED  (Self)
 
 
MARTIN, ALEJANDRA (TX ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSN.)
 
 
CANADAY, JENNIFER (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS (ATPE))
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
HOLCOMBE, LINDA (TEXAS INDUSTRIAL VOCATIONAL ASSOC (TIVA))
 
 
HUBER, DIANE (I TEACH TEXAS ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM)
 
     On:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
O'HANLON, KEVIN (TEXAS TEACHERS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
REASER, EMILY (TEXAS TEACHERS)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. SCHOOL BOARDS/ TX ASSOC. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
 
 
HB  3700
 
    For:
BREWER, KATHRIN (PARTNERS IN EDUCATION)
 
 
SCHEBERLE, DREW (AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
BENESKI, AMY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
CANADAY, JENNIFER (ATPE)
 
 
WILLIAMS, MARK (AUSTIN ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  4091
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX-AFT)
 
 
LUGO, NOELITA (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
HB  4111
 
    For:
GARCIA, PATRICIA  (Self)
 
 
REYES, MICHELLE  (Self)
 
 
ROMERO, ANNA  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSN.)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX-AFT)
 
 
WHALEN, KEN (TX DAILY NEWPAPER ASSOCIATION
TX PRESS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
HB  4208
 
    For:
CRAFT, ELENA (ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX-AFT)
 
 
JOHNSON, MATTHEW (PUBLIC CITIZEN)
 
 
KENDERDINE, MARSHALL (TEXAS PEDIATRIC SOCIETY)
 
 
LUGO, NOELITA (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
 
 
HB  4407
 
    For:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
LUGO, NOELITA (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
HB  4439
 
    For:
WOLFE, JONATHAN (THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TEXAS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
CHIODO, DANA (TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA)
 
 
 
 
HB  4628
 
    For:
SORRELLS, RICK (DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
HARRIS, DWIGHT (TX-AFT)