WITNESS LIST
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)
For:
Cargill, Barbara (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Janusaitis, Patti (Self)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home Scool Coalition)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Against:
Eastman, Anna (Houston ISD)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
Tays, Sara (Exxon Mobil Corporation)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
For:
Sabo, Jason (Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium)
Van Voorhis, Grace (Self)
West, Sandra (Self)
West, Sandra (Science Teachers Association of Tx)
West, Sandra (Self)
Against:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
On:
Dawson, Susan (E3 Alliance)
Marder, Michael (Self)
McLemore, Dr. Sandy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwill Industries)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Eckhart, Harley (TEPSA)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fitzpatrick, John (Self)
Hurst, Skylar (Self)
Maddox, David (Kids First)
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For:
Morath, Mike (Self)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Koenig, Laura (Self; E3 Alliance)
For:
Blanton, Fred (Self)
Eubanks, Bj (Self)
Jeter, Norma (Self)
Kitson, Carol (Self)
Mason, Ruth (Self)
Swanson, Valoree (Self)
Vera, Alan (Self)
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Wilson, Beth (Self)
Wilson, William (Self)
Against:
Caruthers, Lisa (Self; Harris county dept of education)
Flinn, Jane (Cypress Fairbanks ISD)
Fox, April (La porte isd)
Kerner, Debra (Self; Harris County Department of Education)
Longnion, Bonnie (Humble ISD)
Mathews, Sandy (Self; Galena Park ISD)
Morris, Marvin (Self; Harris County Department of Education)
Roach, Gloria (Channelview ISd)
Wilkins, Gary (Self)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Janusaitis, Patti (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Ramsey, Pauline (Self)
Against:
Bamberg, Wanda (Self; Aldine ISD)
Clark, Catherine (Texas Association of School Boards)
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Against:
Flinn, Patric (Self)
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Hanna, Mark (Texas speech language hearing association)
Morris, Priscilla (Self)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Morath, Mike (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Johnson, Karen R. (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aguilar, Christopher (Self)
Aguilar, Mary (Self)
Ali, Asif (Self; Houston Cardiology Consultants)
Fowler, Cary (Self)
Moore, Keith (Self)
Shuff, Pat (Self; Cypress ecg)
Stephens, Melody (Self)
Stephens, Scott (Self)
Against:
Fenrich, Arnold (Self)
On:
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Harrison, Jamey (Uil)
Higgins, John (University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston)
Lucid, Henry (Self; Championship hearts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Bosse, Fred (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
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For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Roppolo, Sheryl (Self)
Warner, Freddy (Memorial Hermann Health System)
Against:
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, and Texas rural education educators association)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Beltran, Erika (Self; Teaching Trust)
Brattain, Katie (Self; Teaching trust)
Crafton, Susanna (Stand for Children Texas)
Evans, Brittany (Self; Teaching trust)
Hodge (Self; Teaching Trust)
Robinson, Julie (Self; Teaching trust)
Scott (Self; Teaching Trust)
Van Voorhis, Grace (Self)
On:
Aquino-Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
West, Sandra (Science Teachers Association of Tx)
West, Sandra (Science Teachers Association of Tx)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Hurst, Skylar (Self)
Koehler, William (Self)
Maddox, David (Kids First)
Morath, Mike (Self)
Moses, Mike (Self)
Nelson, Jim (Self; Avid)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, and Texas rural education educators association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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For:
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, and Texas rural education educators association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Friend, Bruce (International association for online learning)
Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Staker, Heather (Self; Innosight Institute)
White, Chris (Self)
Against:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Self; Texans for Education Reform)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Eugene, Darrick (Tutors With Computers)
Jones, Adam (Texans for Education Reform)
Jones, Adam (Texans for Education Reform)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home Scool Coalition)
Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Vielma, Eliza (Americans for Prosperity)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Texans for education reform)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School
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Against:
Boards)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Haney, Julie (Coalition for Public Schools)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliannce)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Givens, Anita (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas Naacp)
Borreca, Chris (Self)
Crow, Michelle (Self; The Arc of Wichita County)
Ford, Stacy (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Mcgrath, Sean (Self; Texas advocates)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas and The Disability Policy Consotium)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Lenz, Gene (TEA)
For:
Hale, Oscar (Self)
Palomo, Beckie (Self)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
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Against:
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Cook, Tim (Self; Salado HS)
Hense, Ellen (Self)
Huett, Tillman (Self)
Walter, Sydney (Self; Salado Speech and Debate Team)
On:
Riggins, Jana (Univerity Interscholastic League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Culwell, Curtis (Texas High School Coaches Association)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Tipton, Sam (Texas Coalition for Extracurricular Activities)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Harrison, Jamey (Uil)
For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Beltran, Erika (Self; Teaching Trust)
Brattain, Katie (Self; Teaching trust)
Evans, Brittany (Self; Teaching trust)
Hodge (Self; Teaching Trust)
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For:
Robinson, Julie (Self; Teaching trust)
Scott (Self; Teaching Trust)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas School Boards
Association)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)
Harris-Lawrence, Julie (Self; Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Self; Texans for Education Reform)
Crafton, Susanna (Stand for Children Texas)
Eastman, Anna (Houston ISD)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Gonzales, Tina (Self; Stand for Children Texas)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Holm, Anthony (Texans for education reform)
Hurst, Skylar (Self)
Koehler, William (Self)
Lavoignet, Maria (Self; Stand for Children Texas)
Maddox, David (Kids First)
Morath, Mike (Self)
Moses, Mike (Self)
Nelson, Jim (Self; Avid)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Schillaci, Christopher (Stand for Children Texas)
Van Voorhis, Grace (Self)
Vielma, Eliza (Americans for Prosperity)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Texans for education reform)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliannce)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
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On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
West, Sandra (Science Teachers Association of Tx)
For:
JOSEPH, ZENOBIA (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Garcia, Veronica (Houston ISD)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Morath, Mike (Self)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliannce)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, and Texas rural education educators association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Holm, Anthony (Self; Texans for education reform)
Morath, Mike (Self)
Turner, Jeff (Texas Association of School Administrators and Coppell ISD)
Williams, Ellen (Texas Association of School Boards)
Williams, Todd (Self; Education Advisor to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings)
Against:
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)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Vielma, Eliza (Americans for Prosperity)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against:
Brown, Jim (Texas affiliation of afffordable housing providers)
Graham, Lloyd W. (La Porte ISD)
Guerrero, Debra (Self; NRP Group)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against:
Childre, Dru (Self; State Street Housing)
Childre, Laurie (Self; Dharma Development)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
McGuire, Ginger (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Price, Charlie (Development corp of Tarrant County)
Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for Texas Families)
Shaw, Jim (Capital Area Housing Finance Corp)
Talerico, Jeanne (Texas association of local housing finance agencies)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Holm, Anthony (Texans for education reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Eastman, Anna (Houston ISD)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliannce)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Proctor, Carrie (Self; Texas counseling association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwill Industries)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliannce)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of Business)
Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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