WITNESS LIST

            Government Efficiency & Reform Committee

            June 6, 2011 - 3:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 17

                 For:

                                 Lain, Jackie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Thompson, David (Texas Assn of School Administrators)

                                 Trotter, Clayton (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Gregg, Brock (ATPE)

                                 Hollingsworth Jr, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Houston, Chrisdya (Self; Alliance/AFT)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Assoc. of TX Professional Educators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Kerr, Andrew (Texans For Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC))

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Empower Texans)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)

                 Against:

                                 Blodgett, Elaine (Self)

                                 Bradley, Charles (Self)

                                 Clark - Bradley, Vicki (Self)

                                 Cunningham, Leslie (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL - CIO)

                                 O'Sullivan, Sonja (Self)

                                 Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Thornhill, Margot (Self)

                                 Wood, Marjorie (Self)

            HB 30

                 Against:

                                 Cunningham, Leslie (Self)

                                 Haverlah, Leroy (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kerr, Andrew (Texans For Fiscal Responsibility)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC))

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Empower Texans)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)

                 Against:

                                 Arabie, Joseph (Self)

                                 Blodgett, Elaine (Self)

                                 Bradley, Charles (Self)

                                 Clark - Bradley, Vicki (Self)

                                 Forbes, Lee (Self)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Texas Political & Legislative Committee / CWA)

                                 Houston, Chrisdya (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL - CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Thornhill, Margot (Self)

                                 Wood, Marjorie (Self)

            HB 33 - Committee Substitute (Callegari)

                 For:

                                 Behrend, Bruno (The Heartland Institute)

                                 Delgado, Rachel (Galveston Co Tea Party)

                                 Heflin, Talmadge (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Judson, Jeff (Self)

                                 Merrifield, John (Self)

                                 Parker Jr, Allan (The Justice Foundation)

                                 Segal, Ari (Robert M. Beren Academy - Houston, TX)

                                 Tatum, Sr., Rev. Kyev (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

                                 Terry, Brooke (Texans for Voluntary Taxpayer Savings, Inc.)

                                 Trotter, Clayton (Self)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL - CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Paynter, Suzii (Christian Life Commission . Texas Baptist Convention)

                                 Thompson, David (Texas Assn of School Administrators Texas Assn of School Boards Texas

                                 School Alliance)

                                 Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn - Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC))

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Miller, Matt (Institute for Justice)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

                                 Schoolfield, Robert (Texans for Parental Choice in Education)

                                 Sneeringer, James (Self)

                                 White, David (Texans for Voluntary Taxpayer Savings)

                                 Zimmerman, Don (Texas Republican Freedom Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David D (Texas Fast Growth Schools Coalition)

                                 Arabie, Joseph (Self)

                                 Arnold, Jay (TX PTA)

                                 Bradley, Charles (Self)

                                 Clark-Bradley, Vicki (Self)

                                 Cunningham, Leslie (Self)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Forbes, Lee (Self)

                                 Gregg, Brock (Association of TX Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Texas Political & Legislative Committee / CWA)

                                 Houston, Chrisdya (Self)

                                 Ling, Emily (ACLU of Texas)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Needham, Christen (Raise Your Hand Texas)

                                 Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Self)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Thornhill, Margot (Self)

                                 Wood, Marjorie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

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