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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 542

              Senate Committee Report

              Education

              March 26, 2013 - 8:30 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Miller, Jeff   Policy Specialist  (also providing written testimony)  (Disability Rights Texas

                                          Disability Policy Consortium), Austin, TX

                                          Moussa, Nagla    (also providing written testimony)  (Self & Arc of Tx. National Autism

                                          Assoc. of No. Tx.), Plano, TX

                        ON:

                                          Lenz, Gene   Director, Federal & State Education Policy  (TEA), Austin, TX

                                          Parks, Ursula   Director  (Legislative Budget Board), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Arnold, Ellen    (Texas PTA), Austin, TX

                                          Borreca, Chris   Partner Thompson & Horton  (Self), Houston, TX

                                          Geigerman, Louis H.   President  (Self - National ARD/IEP Advocates), Houston, TX

                                          Gustafson, Lindsay    (TCTA), Austin, TX

                                          Quinzi, Patty   Legislative Counsel  (Tx - AFT), Austin, TX

                                          Statman, Rona   Director of Family Support  (The Arc of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Wilson, Columba P    (Self) , TX

                       Providing written testimony:

                        FOR:

                                          Lilly, Janna   Director Governmental Relations  (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators

                                          of Special Education), Austin, TX

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