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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 26, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 324

                 For:

                                 Bonton, MIchelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 LEFFALL, NATALIE (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Olmos, Rosa (Self; Uplift Education)

                                 Washington, Angeil (Self; The Rhodes School)

                 Against:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Romero, Osvaldo (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools (Charter School District))

                                 Alldredge, Wayne (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                                 DiBella, Mark (Self; YES Prep Public Schools)

                                 Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Fernandez, Adriana (Self)

                                 Fernandez, jr, Gavino (Lulac 4861)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (TCSA-Texas Charter School Association)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Simpson, Sharon (Self)

                                 Stevenson, Ann (Uplift Education)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Anthony, David (Self)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 De Garavilla, James (Self; Texas association of school boards)

                                 Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Self; Texas Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; League of Women Voters)

                                 Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)

                                 Singleton, Betsy (Self)

                                 Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Partridge, Sally (Texas education agency)

            HB 647

                 For:

                                 Bonilla, Max (Self; KIPP- Houston)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Bonton, MIchelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Bonton, Michelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Fimble, Chuck (Self; KIPP Houston Public Schools)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools (Charter School District))

                                 DiBella, Mark (Self; YES Prep Public Schools)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Fernandez, Adriana (Self)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (TCSA-Texas Charter School Association)

                                 LEFFALL, NATALIE (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Nguyen, Steve (Self)

                                 Polk, Matthew (Self)

                                 Rickey, Richard (Self; Orenda Education)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Simpson, Sharon (Self)

                                 Washington, Angeil (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; League of Women Voters)

                                 Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)

                                 Singleton, Betsy (Self)

            HB 773

                 For:

                                 Borel, Kyle (Self; Harmony Public Schools)

                                 Gregory, Gina (Self; Harmony public schools)

                                 Stevenson, Ann (Uplift Education)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools (Charter School District))

                                 Bonton, MIchelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Coskuner, Ramazan (Harmony Public Schools)

                                 DiBella, Mark (Self; YES Prep Public Schools)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fernandez, Adriana (Self)

                                 Fernandez, jr, Gavino (Lulac 4861)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 LEFFALL, NATALIE (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council for Administrators of Special Education)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Simpson, Sharon (Self)

                                 Tackett, Larkin (IDEA Public Schools)

                                 Washington, Angeil (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)

                                 Williams, Marian (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 885

                 For:

                                 Alldredge, Wayne (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Fernandez, Martha (Uplift Education)

                                 Olmos Garner, Rosa (Self; Uplift Education)

                                 Stevenson, Ann (Uplift Education)

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools (Charter School District))

                                 Bonton, MIchelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 DiBella, Mark (Self; YES Prep Public Schools)

                                 Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Fernandez, Adriana (Self)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (TCSA-Texas Charter School Association)

                                 LEFFALL, NATALIE (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Polk, Matthew (Self)

                                 Rickey, Richard (Self; Orenda Education)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Simpson, Sharon (Self)

                                 Tackett, Larkin (IDEA Public Schools)

                                 Washington, Angeil (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1831

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Industries of Central Texas)

                                 Bess, Scott (Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools (Charter School District))

                                 Bonton, MIchelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fernandez, jr, Gavino (Lulac 4861)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (TCSA-Texas Charter School Association)

                                 LEFFALL, NATALIE (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Washington, Angeil (Self; The Rhodes School)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Day, Gina (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 2137

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 2581

                 Against:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 On:

                                 De Garavilla, James (Self; Texas association of school boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 GLENN, ERIC (TCSA-Texas Charter School Association)

                                 McCarty, Austin (Texans Can Academies)

                                 Nguyen, Steve (Self)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)

            HB 2663

                 For:

                                 Anthony, David (Self)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 De Garavilla, James (Self; Texas association of school boards)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Self; Texas Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)

                 On:

                                 Partridge, Sally (Texas education agency)

            HB 2664

                 For:

                                 Bonton, MIchelle (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                 Against:

                                 Anthony, David (Self)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 On:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools (Charter School District))

                                 Alldredge, Wayne (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                                 Fernandez, Adriana (Self)

                                 Glenn, Eric (TCSA-Texas Charter School Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 LEFFALL, NATALIE (Self; The Rhodes School)

                                 Polk, Matthew (Self)

                                 Rickey, Richard (Self; Orenda Education)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Simpson, Sharon (Self)

                                 Tackett, Larkin (IDEA Public Schools)

                 Against:

                                 Richards, Joanne (Self; League of Women Voters)

                                 Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)

                                 Wennerstrom, Tiffany (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Partridge, Sally (Texas education agency)

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