WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 9, 2013 Upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
French, Micheal (Self)
Swenney, Graham (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Bono, Marissa (Self; Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Mathis (Self; Public school district)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association Of Business)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)
Solomon, Sara (Texas pta)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Mathis (Self; Public school district)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers)
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Maddox (Kids first)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Mathis (Self; Public school district)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bono, Marisa (Self; Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund ( MALDEF))
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Solomon, Sara (Texas pta)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Wenmohs, Casie (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
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For:
Bono, Marisa (Self; Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Ferron, Mario (Self; Pharr-San Juan- Aalamo I.S.D.)
Romero, Jesse (Self; Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Velasco, Lidia (Self; Ysleta I.S.D.)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Lambert, Tim (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Stroud, Don (Self)
Wright, Alexander (Self)
Against:
Blosser, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home Educators)
Dennis, Vicki (Self)
Poole, Greg (Self)
Poole, Greg (Self)
Watt, Fred (Self; Conroe Area Christian Home Educators (CACHE), Northside Falcons
Homeschool Baseball Program)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Gayle (Self)
Bokros, Ryan (Self)
Caudle, Briana (Self)
Caudle, Colby (Self)
Caudle, Dylan (Self)
Caudle, Michelle (Self)
Clay, Sveva (Self)
Crawford, Sarah (Self)
Hastings, Paul (Self)
Herrera, Hennessey (Self)
Herrera, Lauren (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Horne, Emily (Self)
Huber, David (Self)
Johnson, Sandra (Self; Horizon home school coop)
Johnson, Sarah (Self)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self)
King, James (Self)
Maguire, Joel (Self)
Maguire, Kristina (Self)
Maguire, Samuel (Self)
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For:
Newman, Jeremy (Self)
Pickens, Daniel (Self)
Pickens, Joel (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Seago, John (Self)
Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Snodgrass, Ben (Self)
Snodgrass, JoAnn (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)
Swenney, Graham (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self)
Williams, Trent (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Woman for America of Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Frank, Jennifer (Self)
Gilbert, Michael (Self; White Oak ISD)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
Mathis (Self; Public school district)
Medina, Debra (Self)
Motheral, Mike (TX Association of School Administrators (TASA), TX Association of
Community Schools (TACS), and TX Association of School Boards (TASB))
Mund, Terri (Self)
Rutledge, DW (Self; Texas high school coaches association)
Tipton, Sam (Texas Girls Coaches Assosciation Texas Coalition for Extracurricular
Activities)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, texas association of community
schools)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Harrison, Jamey (UIL)
For:
Cook, Donni (Self; Chapel Hill ISD)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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On:
Holcombe, Linda (Texas industrial vocational association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hammond, Bill (Teaxas association of business)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA))
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, texas association of community
schools)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
For:
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Woman for America of Texas)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budde, Barbara (Self)
Foley, Aaron (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Gonzales, Savannah (Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Hastings, Paul (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Huffmeyer, Kathleen (Self)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Miller, Joseph (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Woman for America)
Snodgrass, JoAnn (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)
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For:
Underwood, Joanne (Self)
Wentrcek, Wyatt (Self)
Against:
Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Dennis, Vicki (Self)
For:
Carlton, John (Self)
Chisum, Warren (Self)
Garner Jr, Ray (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Washburn, Steve (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Woman for America of Texas)
Against:
Henley, Paul (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Harless, Barbara (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)
Snodgrass, JoAnn (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Dennis, Vicki (Self)
Richards, Joanne (Self)
Williams, Daniel (Equality Texas)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; Lulac)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Holm, Anthony (Texans for education reform)
Meyer, Chris (New Schools for Baton Rouge)
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For:
Smalley, Elliot (Achievement school district)
Tafoya, Marcelo (Lulac marcelo tafoya deeputy state dkirector)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas classroom teachers association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
On:
Craig, Asa (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)
Huber, David (Texas Home School Coalition)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Richie, Jr., Carl S. (Texans For Education)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association Of Business)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association for School Administrators (TASA))
Howe, Chris (Self)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Motheral, Mike (TX Association of School Administrators (TASA), TX Association of School
Boards (TASB), and TX Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Zolkoski, Michael (Self; Ysleta independent school district)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Rodriguez, Armando (Self; Canutillo ISD)
Romero, Jesse (Self; Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Self)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
For:
French, Micheal (Self)
Swenney, Graham (Self)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association Of Business)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Beckert, Kirk (Texanscan academies)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Arnold, Ellen (Goodwill Industries of Central Texas)
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For:
Hammond, Bill (Teaxas association of business)
Against:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Roska, Linda (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Borreca, Christopher (Self; Thompsoon and horton and over 45 school districts in favor of
cshb 2182)
French, Micheal (Self)
George, Catherine (Self; College station isd)
Hill, Deena (Self; Pasadena ISD, Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Perry, Molley (Self; Bryan ISD)
Swenney, Graham (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Horton, Janet (Self; Thompson and Horton and 45 school districts in support of CSHB 2182)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
Leyden, Tom (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA))
Miller, Jeff (Disability rights texas)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Terry, Mark (Self)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Lenz, Gene (TEA)
Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
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On:
For:
Ballard, Jeff (TREA)
Collins, Thomas (Trea, waxhachie isd)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA))
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aldrich, Steve (Self)
Aldrich, Steve (Self)
Ewing, Laura (Self; Texas Council on Economic Education)
Rinhart, Catherine (Texas Council on Economic Education)
Rosen, Laura (Center for public policy priorities)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beto, Barbara (Texas pta)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Hammond, Bill (Teaxas association of business)
Huffman, Jeff (Texas credit union league)
Roberts, Jack (Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants)
Widrow, Woody (Self; Raise Texas)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, texas association of community
schools)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Caston, Kim (Self; Texas association of school boards)
Against:
Adams, Terri (Self; Schlitterbahn)
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Against:
Aldrich, Steve (Self; TTIA, Bryan / College Station Convention and Visitors Bureau)
Atkins, Steve (Texas Travel Industry Assn.)
Bruno, Tina (Self; The Coalition for a Traditional SChool calendar)
Eastland, Dick (Camp Mystic)
Jacobs, Jean Ann (Self; Sept Start Inc)
Lett, Sam (Septstart, Inc.)
Taylor, Tyrone (Six Flags Over Texas and Hurricane Harbor)
Wuest, Brad (Self; Natural Bridge Caverns)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Veronica (Houston ISD)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA))
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Against:
Cordsen, Rod (Self; Highland Lakes Camp and Conference Center)
Evans, JoAnn (City of South Padre Island)
Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association and Texas Association of Campgrounds)
Hoffman, Courtney (Camping Association for Mutual Progress)
Holm, Nelson (Self; Q Investments, LDC)
Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel and lodging Assn)
Neal, Dan (Camp Doublecreek)
Phillips, Davis (Self; Phillips Entertainment)
Prosapio, Winter (Self; Schlitterbahn)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association Of Business)
Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)
Shields, Chris (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Smyrl, Carla (Self)
Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Alexander, Kim (Roscoe ISD)
Caston, Kim (Self; Texas association of school boards)
McFarland, Michael (Lancaster ISD)
Ponce, James (McAllen ISD)
Turner, Jeff (Coppell ISD)
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Against:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
On:
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Angie (Self; Klein ISD)
Anderson, David D (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Bayard, Robert (Self; Clear Creek Independent School District)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Core, Brandon (Self; Anderson-Shiro CISD)
Coulter, Nelson (Self; Guthrie CSD)
Dankel, Amy (Self; McKinney ISD)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Geske, Matthew (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)
Gilbert, Michael (White Oak ISD)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA))
McMullan, Ann (Self; Klein ISD and The High Performance School Consortium)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)
Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Self)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Windham, Trisha (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, texas association of community
schools)
Wurzel, Geoff (TechNet)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Self; Educate Texas)
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Roska, Linda (Texas Education Agency)
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Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas classroom teachers association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Bonton, Michelle (Self; The rhodes school)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Lannen, Virginia (Pegasus School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Latta, Karen (Sunset Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avera, Joe (Self)
On:
Biscoe, Laurie (Texas Workforce Commission)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Kelley, Michael (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
Kirkle, Sarah (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Kuntz, William (Bill) (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
Roska, Linda (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Cook, Steve (Killeen ISD)
Reynolds, Julie (Killeen ISD)
On:
Holcombe, Linda (Texas industrial vocational association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Hammond, Bill (Teaxas association of business)
Kennedy, Jan (Self; McKinney ISD)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, texas association of community
schools)
Against:
Howe, Chris (Self)
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Against:
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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