WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            May 17, 2011 - 8:00 AM

             

            SB 49

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ross, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Statman, Rona (The ARC of Texas)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

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

            SB 205

                 For:

                                 Simpson, Matthew (The ACLU of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, the Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

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

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (ATPE)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Kidder, Sarah (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)

            SB 291

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dow, Jim (Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Milam, Susan (Natl. Assoc. of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (ATPE)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

            SB 471

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Assn.)

                                 Kaiser, Christopher (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Milam, Susan (Natl. Assoc. of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Pyeatt, Emily (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition (TECEC))

                                 Reynolds, David (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk-Houston)

                                 Scarbo, Lauren (Self)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Tod, Theresa (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Bateman, Char (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            SB 518

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Howard, Ann (Citizen Schools)

                                 Litton, Todd (Citizen Schools Texas)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk and Houston At Challenge)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (ATPE)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 550

                 For:

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Assoc. of Broadcasters)

                                 Toney, Doug (Texas Daily Newspaper Association/ Texas Press Association/ New Braunfels

                                 Herald-Zeitung)

                 Against:

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Adams, Neal (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

            SB 570

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children)

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

                                 Sanderson, Josh (ATPE)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

            SB 1117

                 Against:

                                 Sullivan, Vicky (Northside ISD (San Antonio))

                                 Thompson, David (Texas Association of School Administrators/ AND Texas Association of

                                 School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 1620

                 For:

                                 Lowder, Jim (Self)

                                 Manuel, Eric (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Givens, Anita (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

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

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Green, Terry (Family & Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas)

                                 Holcombe, Linda (Texas Industrial Vocational Assoc (TIVA))

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

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

                                 Painovich, Robin (Career & Technology Association of Texas)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (ATPE)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Young, Gerald (VA THT Ag Teachers Assn. of TX)

                                 Zornes, Ken (TBEC)

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