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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 296

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Public Education Committee

              April 16, 2013 - Upon final adjourn./recess

                       For :

                                 Cole, Celia (Texas food bank network)

                                 Giles, Brian (Houston Independent School District)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                                 Turley, Darren (Self; Texas association of dairymen)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas Naacp)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Cooper, Rachel (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Johnson, Karen R. (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))

                                 Olson, Anne (TX Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Rathbone, Marissa (Self; ACTIVE Life, IT'S TIME TEXAS)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

                                 Scott, Shanie (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Warner, Freddy (Memorial Hermann Health System)

                                 Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community

                                 schools, and Texas rural education educators association)

                       Against :

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                       On :

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

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