WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
February 19, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Amick, Stacey (Self)
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Blackwell, Nancy (Self; Nmacarthur sr high school. Aldine isd.)
Bland, Eddie (Bridgeport ISD and Texas Association of Community Schools)
Blincoe, Reece (Self; Brownwood isd, TASA,)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Brower, Samuel (Self)
Brower, Samuel (Self)
Bryant, Keith (Bullard ISD, Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools, & Tyler Visioning
Cohort)
Buckley, Brad (Self)
Buxkemper, Laura (Self)
Cade, Barbara (Self; Gregory-Portland ISD)
Chambers, HD (Self; Alief ISD, Texas School Alliance)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Clore, Paul (Self; Gregory-Portland ISD)
Cook, Kim (Self)
Dominguez, David (Self; Killeen ISD)
Dupriest, Ryan (Self; Gregory-Portland ISD)
Evans, Bobbie (Self)
Eype, Nancy (Self; Alief ISD)
Farris, Sandy (Bryan ISD)
Fletcher, Carol (Texas association of school boards)
Floyd, Robert (Self; Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Coalition For Quality Arts
Education)
Gearing, Bruce (Self; Dripping Springs ISD)
Gilcrease, Buck (Self; Texas Rural Education Association)
Guidry, Barbara (Self; Alief ISD)
Hassett, Kristi (Self)
Haugeberg, Eric (Belton ISD)
Hernandez, Alexis (Manor High School)
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Industrial Vocational Association (TIVA))
Kollaja, Sharon (Self; Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce and Sterling Personnel)
Lyons, Tamara (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Morales, Adan (Self)
Morren, Wayne (Self; Floydada ISD)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parker, Robert (Self)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
Reid, Randy (Keller ISD)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Salazar, Gonzalo (Self; Los Fresnos CISD and The South Texas Association of Schools)
Sandroussi, Michael (Self; Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend)
Solomon, Sara (Texas pta)
Stroup, Walter (Self)
Uptergrove, Haylee (Self; Gregory-Portland ISD)
Van Zandt, Jim (Self; Texas Music Administrators Conference, Round Rock ISD)
Vaughan, Vance (Self)
Wallis, Thomas (Bryan ISD)
Ware, Lauren (Self)
Watson, Susan (Self)
Wells, Shelley (Self; Killeen ISD Board of Trustees)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
Whiteker, Mary (Self; Hudson, TASA, TASB, East Texas New Vision Consortium)
Whiteker, Mary Ann (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Willis, Randy (Granger isd! Central Texas School Board Assoication)
Against:
Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Torres-Edwards, Douglas (Self)
On:
Arbilla, Laura (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Buxkemper, James (Self)
Collier, Jennifer (Spring Branch ISD)
Cooney, Melissa (Self)
Cooper, Melissa (Self)
Deigaard, Sue (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Fetzer, Jeff (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (MALDEF (mexican american legal defense and educational fund))
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)
Ihonvbere, Tyrae (Self)
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
Klussmann, Duncan (Spring Branch ISD)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Lujan, Denise (Self)
Miller, Brian (Self)
West, Sandra (Self; Scienice Teachers Association of Texas)
Yeager, Laura (Self; TAMSA)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD)
Andrews, Kris (CEDFA (Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts))
Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)
Chadwell, Charles (Self; Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas/United Way Tarrant County)
Coachman, Frank (Self; Texas Bandmasters Association)
Craft, John (Self; Killeen isd)
Dansby, Walter (Fort Worth ISD)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas)
Hammond, Caroline (Texas Cultural Trust)
Johnson, Hank (Fort Worth ISD)
Lutz, Sharon (Texas Choral DirectorsmAssociation)
Martindell, Peter (Self; Fort Bend ISD)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp. and Sherwin Alumina Co.)
Mooney, Gerald (Self; Banquete ISD)
Mooney, Nancy (Self; Banquete ISD)
Muller, Robert (Self; Killeen isd)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Pace, Sheryl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA))
Painovich, Robin (Career and Technology Association of Texas)
Rumage, Jim (Self; Banquete ISD)
Schlegel, Beverly (Self; Texas orchestra directors association)
Schroder, Rod (Self; Amarillo ISD)
Seeger, Debbie (Self; Corpus Christi ISD)
Willard, Michael (Goodwill Industries of Central Texas)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; LULac council 4227)
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Bain, Elise, Grace, and Lesley (Self)
Bosworth Green, Teresa (Self; Texas science education supervisors assoc)
Brackmeyer, Kevin (Manor ISD)
Byas, Renee (Houston Community College)
Currens, Leslie (Self)
Gray, Paul (Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics)
Hugginkisch, Amanda (Self)
Lopez, Ph.D., Patricia D. (Self; Texas Center for Education Policy)
Pauken, Tom (Texas Workforce Commission)
Schmidt (Self)
Shapiro, Robyn (Self; TAMSA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Valenzuela, Angela (Self; Texas Center for Education Policy)
Vasquez heilig, Julian (Self)
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Cook, Kim (Self)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Exter, Monty (Association of texas professional educators)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Solomon, Sara (Texas pta)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; Lulac council 4227)
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
West, Sandra (Self; Scienice Teachers Association of Texas)
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Romero, Jesse (Self; Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
Whiteker, Mary (Self; Hudson, TASA, TASB, East Texas New Vision Consortium)
Whiteker, Mary Ann (Texas Association of School Administrators & Texas Association of
School Boards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Exter, Monty (Association of texas professional educators)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Miller, Brian (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; Lulac council 4227)
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Against:
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
Pauken, Tom (Texas Workforce Commission)
West, Sandra (Self; Scienice Teachers Association of Texas)
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Trovall, Carol (Self; Pflugerville ISD)
On:
Kellner, Susan (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Burke (Self)
Exter, Monty (Association of texas professional educators)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Weeks, Allen (Self; Save texas schools)
On:
Salazar, Joanne (Self; Tamsa)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Self; Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
Miller, Brian (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
West, Sandra (Self; Scienice Teachers Association of Texas)
For:
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Against:
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
On:
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD)
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Bland, Eddie (Bridgeport ISD and Texas Association of Community Schools)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Bryant, Keith (Bullard ISD & Texas Association of Mid-Size Schools)
Cardenas, Joe (Self; Hope, hispanics organized for political education)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas and United Way Tarrant County)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Figueroa, Luis (MALDEF (mexican american legal defense and educational fund))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gearing, Bruce (Self; Dripping Springs ISD)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Self; Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Solomon, Sara (Texas pta)
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Winkler, Sarah (Self; Alief ISD, TASB)
On:
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
Lopez, Ph.D., Patricia D. (Self; Texas Center for Education Policy)
Valenzuela, Angela (Self; Texas Center for Education Policy)
West, Sandra (Self; Scienice Teachers Association of Texas)
For:
Einfalt, Lori (Self; Pflugerville ISD)
Against:
Cook, Kim (Self)
Kellner, Susan (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Whiteker, Mary (Self; Hudson ISD, TASA, TASB, East Texas New Vision Consortium)
Whiteker, Mary Ann (Texas Association of School Administrators & Texas Association of
School Boards)
On:
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Stand For Children Texas)
Arbilla, Laura (Self)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Currens, Leslie (Self)
Kamas, Sharon (Science Teachers Association of Texas)
Parrish, Deborah (Self)
West, Sandra (Self; Scienice Teachers Association of Texas)
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