WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 17, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 228

                 On:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)

                                 Montelongo, Liza (Self)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 279

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (TIER)

                                 Stratton, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                 On:

                                 Beard-Wolfe, Barbi (Self; Arc of Texas)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

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

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Hanzy, Karla (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Petty, Cameron (TIER)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

            HB 338

                 For:

                                 Ginsburg, Tracy (TASBO)

                                 Haggerty, Shane (Self)

                                 Montelongo, Liza (Self)

                                 Montelongo, Liza (Self)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

            HB 657

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Boswell, Courtney (TIER)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)

                                 Montelongo, Liza (Self)

                                 Petty, Cameron (TIER)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of Business)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Williamson, Debra E. (Self)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

            HB 724

                 For:

                                 Callanen, Jacquelyn (Bexar County and Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Evans, Janice (County and District Clerks Assn of Tx)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 771

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Smith, Kevin (Lamar university)

                                 Stuberfield, Ted (Lamar University)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1430

                 On:

                                 Keller, Andy (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arroyo, Sidu (Self; UNT Dallas)

                                 Berry, Denise (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Boulter, Joshua (Self; Unt dallas)

                                 Bussey, Rj (TCA)

                                 Caldwell, Viola (Unt dallas)

                                 Carlberg, Mareth (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Clemmer, Nancy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Cobb, Jasmine (Self; TCA)

                                 Cuellar Rojas, Adrianna (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Dafoe, Eric (Self; Texas Counseling Assn.)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling association)

                                 Garcia, Jorge (Self)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Green, Krystal (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Holland, Kelsi (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Jarratt, Judy (Self; Texas counseling association)

                                 Mendoza, Dani (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Montelongo, Liza (Self)

                                 Morrison, Kristi (Self)

                                 MTthews, Cyndi (Self; Twxas counselng association)

                                 Newsham, Tarah (Self)

                                 Ordonez, Carolina (Self; TCA)

                                 Pais iii, Jacob (Self; Texas counseling association)

                                 Pham, Yung (Self; Texas counseling association)

                                 Poe, Janet M (Self)

                                 Powe, Sharonda (Self; University of North Texas Dallas/TCA)

                                 Proctor, Carrie (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Rhodriquez, Tiffany (Self)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Ruiz, Catherine (UNT Dallas)

                                 Sams, Katrina (Self)

                                 Sams, Kristina (Self)

                                 Sartor, Teri Ann (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Shahlaee, Bahareh (Texas counseling association)

                                 Staggs, Kathryn (Self)

                                 Terrell, Letitita (Self)

                                 Webb, Kristiane (Unt dallas)

                                 White, Betty (Self; Texas Counseling Association, Texas School Counseling Association,

                                 Public Education Employees, Texas Licensed Professional Counselors)

                                 Williamson, Debra E. (Self)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospitsl Assn)

                                 Wood, Cedric (Self; TCA)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                                 Ybanez-Llorente, Kathy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Hart, DeAnne (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1486

                 For:

                                 Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Estrada, Stacey (Self; South San Antonio ISD School Board)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

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