WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 23, 2013 Upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Wilkerson, Glenn (Self; ARKGroup Inc.)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Shields, Chris (American Safety Council)
Against:
Bitner, Jeffrey (Self)
BLASINGAME, BILL (Self)
Bruce, David (Self; DefensiveDriving.com)
Fox, Mary (Self)
Goeders, Joni (Self; First class defensive driving)
Hensley, Gary (Texas defensive driving school)
Reyna, Carlos (I Drive Safely)
Winningham, Glenn (Driver Training Associates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Against:
Beanavides, Marco (Self)
Ford, Susan (Self; First class defensive driving)
Fox, Kenton (Self)
Martel, Damian (Self)
Reyna, Richard (Self; Austin driving school)
Serna, Daniel (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Thomas, Dawn (Austin driving school)
Weatherford, Earnest (Self)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Aquino-Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Maddox, David (Kids First)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Beinke, David (Self; Cirkiel and Associates)
Garza, Bonnie (All children with differences in Texas public schools)
Liva,, Debra (Self; Parents)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Lilly, Janna (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
DeWitt, Lauren (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)
Watkins, Sarah (Self)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Carpenter Barrin, Monna (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Blanke, Laura (Texas Pediatric Society)
Finck, James (Texas Alliance of YMCAs)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Dental Hygienists Association)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Jacob, Dr Lisa (Texas Dental Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Givens, Anita (Texas education agency)
For:
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Gregg, Gail (Self; Abilene ISD,)
Haenisch, Barry (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Grusendorf, Bill (Texas assoc of rural schools)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas association of school administrators)
Parker, Jimmy (Roosevelt ISD)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Shields, Julie (Tx association of school boards and Texas association of school administrators)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, Rockdale ISD)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Matkin, Richard (Plano ISD)
Orr, Dawson (Self; Texas School Coalition)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Against:
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas Associationn of Rural Schools)
Hinojosa, David (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund))
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Elenz, Amber (Self)
Garcia, Veronica (Houston ISD)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
Motheral, Mike (Self)
Ray, Beth Ann (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Rotan, Wayne (Self; Glen Rose ISD)
Schneider, Robert (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Youngblood, Herb (Abernathy ISD)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Parker, Jimmy (Roosevelt ISD)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Quintanilla, Gabriel (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Liva, Debra (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas association of school administrators)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Shields, Julie (Tx association of school boards and Texas association of school administrators)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, Rockdale ISD)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Holm, Anthony (Texans for education reform)
Against:
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)
Killian, Douglas (Fast Growth School Coalition, Hutto ISD)
Shields, Julie (Tx association of school boards and Texas association of school administrators)
Skoviera, Ellen (Leander isd)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, Rockdale ISD)
On:
Clore, Paul (Self; Gregory Portland ISD)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Venable, Peggy (Self; AmericNs For Prosperity)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David D (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Cavness, Dr Rodney (Port Neches Groves isd)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools)
Orr, Dawson (Highland Park ISD)
Parker, Jimmy (Roosevelt ISD)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rotan, Wayne (Self; Glen Rose ISD)
Youngblood, Herb (Abernathy ISD)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)
On:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of
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WITNESS LIST
On:
School Boards)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)
Stuart, John (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Schroder, Rod (Amarillo ISD)
Against:
Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of School Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pulliam, Lynn (Self; Amarillo Tascosa High School)
Against:
Parker, Jimmy (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Schneider, Todd (Martins mill isd and uil legislative council)
Tipton, Sam (Texas Coalition for Extrecurricular Activities; Texas Girls Coaches Association)
Wright, Howell (Texas association of mid size schools, Texas association of community
schools, Rockdale ISD)
Youngblood, Herb (Abernathy ISD)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill industries of central texas)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Feinberg, Mike (Self; KIPP Houston Public Schools)
Ford, Terry (Neighbors United for Quality Education dba East Dallas Community Schools)
Garcia, Christopher (Uplift Education)
Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Munisteri, Steve (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Pulliam, Charles (Self; Life School of Dallas / TCSA)
Tackett, Larkin (IDEA Public Schools)
Trabulsi, Richard (Texans for education reform)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans For Prosperity-Texas)
Zimmermann, Kathleen (NYOS Charter School)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Assn)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Smith, Parc (American YouthWorks)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Garza Brown (Self)
Glenn, Eric (Texas Charter School Association-TCSA)
Hall, Terri (Self)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)
Maddox, David (Kids First)
Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Mayes, Thomas (Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Webster, Todd (Spring Branch ISD)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Wood, Marjorie (Self)
Youngblood, Herb (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
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