Witness List Display

WITNESS LIST

Public Education Committee

March 22, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 6

For:

Ellis, Bruce (Self; Dallas ISD/ Texas Computer Education Association/ Technology

Coordinator's Special Interest Group)

Fuller, John (Self)

Ratliff, Thomas (Self)

Threadgill, Candace (Texas Computer Ed. Assoc./ Klein ISD)

Villarreal, Micha (Self; Texas Computer Education Association, Technology Coordinators

Special Interest Group/ Ysleta ISD)

On:

Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

Givens, Anita (Texas Education Agency)

Hardy, Pat (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

Chiodo, Dana (Technology Association of America)

Lopez, Ed (Promethean)

McCreary, Casey (TX. Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA))

Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

Wurzel, Geoff (Tech Net)

On:

Smith, Alex (MALDEF (Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund))

HB 291

Against:

Dunn, David (TX Charter Schools Assn)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

HB 398

For:

Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC - Texas Building Branch)

On:

McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)

White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

HB 936

For:

Barbic, Chris (YES Prep Public Schools)

Cook, Charles (Responsive Education Solutions)

Crumb, Tarla (Fallbrook College Preparatory Academy)

Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

Feinberg, Michael (KIPP, Inc and TCSA)

Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)

Wilson, Tom Wilson (Life School of Dallas)

Against:

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Romero, Osvaldo (Robstown ISD & TASA & Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

Salazar, Gonzalo (Los Fresnos CISD, TASA, S. Texas Assoc. of Schools)

On:

Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)

Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

Needham, Christen (Raise Your Hand Texas)

Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Booker, Jerel (Stand for Children)

Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)

Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

Farias, Richard (Raul Yzaguirre Charter)

Garza Brown, Maria (Self)

Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

Yancy, Justin (Governor's Business Council)

Against:

Grey, John (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of TEXAS)

Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc. of Schools)

HB 1268

For:

Friend, Shelley (Self)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)/ Texas Association of

School Boards (TASB))

Hardy, Pat (Self)

On:

Hensley, Mary (Texas Assoc. of Community Colleges)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Colbert, Paul (Dr. Mary Spangler, Chancellor Houston Community College System)

Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)

Erben, Andrew (Tx. Institute for Education Reform)

Gamez, Erin (Texas PTA)

Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Salinas, Nelson (Texas Assoc. Business)

Against:

Anderson, David (Texas School Alliance)

HB 1311

For:

Cook, Charles (Responsive Education Solutions)

Rendon, Joseph (Por Vida Academy Charter District)

Against:

Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

On:

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)

Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

Garza Brown, Maria (Self)

Marquez, Richard (Texans Can!)

Pena, Martin Pena (South TX Assoc. of Schools)

Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)

Against:

Grey, John (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

HB 1335

For:

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

WITNESS LIST

On:

Pawelek, Lynse (Atascosa - McMullen Co-op & TCASE)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc of Schools)

HB 1462

For:

Pawelek, Lynse (Atascosa - McMullen Cooperative & TCASE)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Borden, Sandi (TX. Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)

Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Hanna, Mark (Texas Speech - Language - Hearing Association)

Hempstead, Chuck (Texas Educational Diagnosticians Assoc)

McCreary, Casey (TX Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA))

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc of Schools)

Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

HB 1539

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools)

Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

HB 1555

For:

Beard, Jeremy (Houston ISD)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Davila, Xochitl (HISD)

Grier, Terry (HISD)

Handy, Brenda (Self)

Hardin, Paul (Kashmere Sr. High School Houston ISD)

Against:

Lett, Sam (Sept Start, Inc.)

On:

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)

Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

McCreary, Casey (TX Association of School Administrators (TASA))

Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

Valdez, Jerry (Greater Houston Partnership)

HB 1603

For:

Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Against:

Hardy, Pat (Self)

Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of Texas)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

Against:

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of TX Professional Educators)

Grey, John (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc of Schools)

Salazar, Gonzalo (Los Fresnos CISD, TASA and S. Texas Assoc. of Schools)

HB 1610

For:

Hodgins, David (Self)

Mehl, Cheryl (Self)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beneski, Amy (TASA)

Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

Garza Brown, Maria (Self)

Against:

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

HB 1682

For:

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beneski, Amy (TASA)

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

HB 2365

Registering, but not testifying:

On:

Johnstone, Gary (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

HB 2366

On:

Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Thomas, Amanda (Texas Charter Schools Association)

HB 2380

For:

Hodgins, David (TASB)

Mehl, Cheryl (Self)

Against:

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

On:

Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

Graham, Lloyd (La Porte ISD)

McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools)

Against:

Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

HB 2539

For:

Hodgins, David (TASB)

Mehl, Cheryl (Self)

Against:

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beneski, Amy (TASA)

Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

Graham, Lloyd (La Porte ISD)

McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools)

Against:

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

HB 2540

For:

Hodgins, David (TASB)

Mehl, Cheryl (Self)

Against:

Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Beneski, Amy (TASA)

Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

Graham, Lloyd (La Porte I.S.D.)

McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

Against:

Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

WITNESS LIST

HB 2877

For:

Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)

Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

Against:

Beneski, Amy (TASA)

Romero, Osvaldo (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

On:

Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Booker, Jerel (Stand for Children)

Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

Against:

McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Pena, Martin Pena (South Tx Assoc. of Schools)

Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)

Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

HB 2971

For:

Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

Canaday, Jennifer (ATPE)

Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)

Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)