WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            April 6, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 573

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Weaver, Dan (THECB)

HB 587

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))

HB 1163

                 For:

                                 Perdue, Steve (State Firemens & Fire Marshals Ass.)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanne (Texas Municipal League)

HB 1339

                 For:

                                 Stolarzyk, Chris (Midwestern State University Students)

                 On:

                                 Lamb, Keith (Midwestern State University)

                                 Rogers, Jesse (Midwestern State University)

HB 1521

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Owen, Bob (Texas Society of CPAs)

                 On:

                                 Treacy, William "Bill" (Tx State Board of Public Accountancy)

HB 1839

                 For:

                                 Buergermeister, Jennifer (Texas Yoga Association)

                 On:

                                 Temple, Larry (Texas Workforce Commission)

                                                                                               1

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Darby, Nydia (San Antonio Texas Yoga Association Nydia's Yoga Therapy, Independent Yoga

                                 Studios in San Antonio)

                                 Kelley, Peggy (Austin Yoga Institute, Iyengar Yoga National Association of the U.S.)

HB 2630

                 On:

                                 Dickey, Nancy (Texas A&M Health Science Center)

HB 2910

                 On:

                                 Boyer, Kristin (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp.)

                                 Fitzpatrick, John (Texas High School Project / Community Foundation of Texas)

                                 Gurrola, Leslie (Greater Texas Foundation)

                                 Smith, Kathy (The Meadows Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Helmcamp, Leslie (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas Chiropractic College)

HB 2911

                 For:

                                 Tredway, Ellis (Brazos Higher Education)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beard, Patricia (South Texas HEA)

                                 Guerrero, Jose (North Texas Higher Education Authority)

                                 Litle, Ben (Brazos Higher Education Authority)

                                 Parker, Jim (Panhandle Plains Highe Edcation Authority)

                                 Wambsganss, Phillip (North Texas Higher Education Authority)

HB 3461

                 For:

                                 Brown, Dennis (El Paso Community College & Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Castaneda, Blas (Texas Border Coalition workforce & Education Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Tondre, Barbara (Self)

                 On:

                                 Jacob, Jennifer (TEA)

                                 Mwase, Gloria (Jobs for the Future)

                                 Paredes, Raymund (THECB)

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

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Sadler-Nitu, Melissa (TCABE Texas Committee of Adult Basic Education)

                                 Thels, Ellen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Rethlake, Joanie (Self; Harris Country Department of Education)

HB 3577

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Helmcamp, Leslie (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Weaver, Dan (Higher Education Coordinating BD.)

HB 3591

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Collins, Steven (The University of Texas System)

                                 Plutko, Lawrence (The University of Texas System)

HJR 130

                 For:

                                 McDonald, Carol (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas, Inc.)

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