WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 22, 2015 - 8:00 AM
On:
Brown, Susan (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Prince, Donald (Texas State Guard)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lindner, Ray (National Guard Association of Texas)
McKinny, John (Self; American Legion Department of Texas)
On:
Anderson, Bruce (Texas Military Dept.)
For:
Gonzales, Mark (US Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (15th-TX))
Gonzalez, Eddy (Self; City of Edcouch)
Quintanilla, Joel (Self; City of edcouch)
On:
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Rina (City of Edcouch)
Cuellar, A.C. (Hidalgo County, Precint 1)
Flores, Anna (Self)
Palacios, Joseph (Hidalgo County, Precint 4)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Villarreal, Bobby (Office of Hidalgo County Judge)
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
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For:
Berman, Stephanie (Self)
Garcia Carcamo, Marisela (Self)
On:
Henderson, Melissa (Educate Texas)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batlan, Bob (Self; Austin Interfaith)
Fite, Johanna (Self)
Haywood Edwards, Jeanette (Self; Capital idea Alumni)
Park, Mike (Self; Capital Idea)
Perez, Juan (Self)
Poteat-Phelps, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)
Rhodes, Richard (Texas association of community colleges)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Malcolm, Molly Beth (Self; Austin Community College)
Matkin, Neil (Collin College)
Mejia, Juan (Self; Tyler junior college)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
For:
Batlan, Bob (Self; Austin interfaith)
Berman, Stephanie (Self)
Fite, Johanna (Self)
Garcia Carcamo, Marisela (Self)
Jackobs, Steve (Capital iDEA)
On:
Anglin, Pamela (Self; Paris Junior College)
Henderson, Melissa (Educate Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Matkin, Neil (Collin College)
Paredes, Raymund (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Rhodes, Richard (Texas association of community colleges)
Young, Remmele (Houston Community College System)
Zolnierek, Cindy (Self; Texas nurses association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Haywood Edwards, Jeanette (Self; Capital idea Alumni)
Haywood-Edwards, Jeanette (Self)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
May, Joe (Dallas County Community College District)
Park, Mike (Self; Capital Idea)
Partida, Neftali (Houston Methodist Hospital System)
Perez, Juan (Self)
Poteat-Phelps, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Hellyer, Brenda (San Jacinto College)
Laughter, Ray (Lone Star College)
Malcolm, Molly Beth (Self; Austin Community College)
Maldonado, Cesar (Houston Community College System)
Mejia, Juan (Self; Tyler junior college)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
On:
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mejia, Juan (Self; Tyler junior college)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance and Moak, Casey and Associates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Paredes, Raymund (Texqs Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance and Moak, Casey and Associates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Kramer, Kristen (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance and Moak, Casey and Associates)
Against:
Lowman, Marie (Self)
On:
Kramer, Kristen (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Jimenez, Gerard (Self; Access College Texas)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)
On:
Brown, Susan (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
McGuire, Trevor (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Martin, Ken (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
On:
Reid, Decha (Texad Higher Education Coordinating Board)
On:
McMullen, Sylvia (Blinn College)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuelberg, Curtis (Self)
On:
Boeker, Cathy (Blinn College)
For:
Gambill, Lauren (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crowley, Patrick (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gonzalez, Kymberly (Self)
Lukefahr, James (Self; Texas pediatric society, texas medical association)
Mathewson, Kristyn (Self)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
McConnell, Jocelyn (Self; The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
On:
Metke, Mike (Self; Tyler junior college)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mejia, Juan (Self; Tyler junior college)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Reed, Dr shirley (South texas college)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)
May, Joe (Dallas County Community College District)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Sunshine, Brian (Central Texas College)
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On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
May, Joe (Dallas County Community College District)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Kachelmeyer, Jaclyn (Self; UT Campus Environmental Center)
Long, Tanner (Self; The University Of Texas at Austin Student Government)
For:
Rutan, Reyna (Self; Foster Youth Leadership Council)
On:
Edelen, Loretta (Austin community college)
Roper, Tiffany (Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth & Families)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One voice texas)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Cohen, Alan (Dallas ISD)
Ford, Terry (Lumin Education)
Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
May, Joe (Dallas County Community College Districrt)
Rubin, Melanie (Self; Dallas early education alliance)
Williams, Todd (The Commit Partnership)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barkadale, Jay (Dallas regional chamber)
Carter, Janis (Dallas Citizens Council)
Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Cook, Marilyn (TEA)
Miller, Tim (Texas Education Agency)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Martin, Ken (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Reid, Decha (Texad Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
On:
Brown, Susan (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Gordon, Justin (Office of the Attorney General)
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