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WITNESS LIST
School Finance Weights, Allotments & Adjustments, Select
April 22, 2010 - 09:00 AM
Panel 1:  Cost Drivers/Cost Efficiencies
 
ON:
 
Cathey, LBB, Lesli   Manager, School Performance Reveiw (also providing written testimony)  (Legislative Budget Board),  Austin, TX
 
Mehl, Cheryl T   Shareholder, CSA Chair (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Schroder, Rod   Superintendent (also providing written testimony)  (Amarillo ISD),  Amarillo, TX
Panel 2:  Cost Drivers/Cost Efficiencies (continued)
 
FOR:
 
Hollingsworth, Jr., Lonnie   Director of Governmental Relations (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Classroom Teachers Association),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Hartman, Eric   Director of Government Relations (also providing written testimony)  (Texas AFT),  Austin, TX
 
Kouri, Richard   Director Public Affairs (also providing written testimony)  (TSTA),  Austin, TX
 
Sanderson, Josh   Lobbyist (also providing written testimony)  (Assoc. of TX Professional Educators),  Austin, TX
Panel 3:  Mechanics of Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments
 
ON:
 
Anderson, David   General Counsel  (Texas Education Agency),  Austin, TX
 
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa   Deputy Associate Commissioner for School Finance (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Education Agency),  Austin, TX
Panel 4:  Student Characteristics
 
ON:
 
Frank, Dr. Stephen   Director of Strategic School Design (also providing written testimony)  (Education Resource Strategies)
 
Hinojosa-MALDEF, David G.   Senior Litigator (also providing written testimony)  (MALDEF),  San Antonio, TX
 
Statman, Rona   Director of Family Support Services (also providing written testimony)  (The Arc of Texas),  Austin, TX
Panel 5:  School Operations
 
ON:
 
Bryant, Keith   Superintendent of Bullard ISD and President of the Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools (also providing written testimony)  (Self)
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill)   Executive Director (also providing written testimony)  (Tx Assoc of Rural Schools),  San Saba, TX
 
Roberts, Dan   Exec. Director  (Texas Assn. for Pupil Transportation),  Austin, TX
 
Taylor, Lori   Associate Professor (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  College Station, TX
Panel 6:  Student Achievement
 
ON:
 
Knaggs, Barbara   Associate Commissioner (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Education Agency),  Austin, TX
 
Painovich, Robin   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (also providing written testimony)  (CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ASSOC. OF TEXAS),  AUSTIN, TX
 
Weinberg, Tracy   Associate Director (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented)
Public Testimony
 
FOR:
 
Romero, Jesse   Legislative Consultant  (Texas Association for Bilingual Education),  San Antonio, TX
 
ON:
 
Eitniear, Mary   Special Education Director  (TCASE, East Central ISD),  San Antonio, TX
 
Fuller, Paige   Director of Special Education  (Texas Council of Special Education Administrators (TCASE) Floresville ISD),  Floresville, TX