WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 7, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Taylor, Paul (Texas Association of School Boards Risk Management Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Morath, Mike (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Gordon, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Gordon, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
Against:
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
For:
LaRue, Sally (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Schwartz, Cara (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Pacheco, Micahael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Mcgeady, John (Legislative budget board)
Spurgin, Janet (LBB)
For:
Oliver, Jennifer (Self)
Rhodes, Abrianna (Self)
Toussant, Jarrad (Texans for Education Reform)
Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Scherff, Carter (Hays cisd)
On:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Benitez, Andrew (Self)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Dupuy, Trevor (Self)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Hart, Tom (Self; The City of Grand Prairie)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Husset, Bill (Self)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Morath, Mike (Self)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Anderson, David (Texas Fast Growth School Coalition)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Benitez, Andrew (Self)
Jones, Adam (Texans for Education Reform)
Morath, Mike (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)
Against:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fernandez, Martha (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Gutierrez, Michael (Self)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against:
Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
For:
Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Benitez, Andrew (Self)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Davenport, Ryan (Self)
Hinojosa, Saul (Somerset ISD)
Hodge, Stacey (Self)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
McDaniel, David (Self)
Watkins, Kristen (Self)
Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)
Against:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Baxter, Andy (Sreb)
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Shah, Rebecca (Data Quality Campaign)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Watts, Brandi (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Morath, Mike (Self)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Rodriguez, Al (Elgin isd)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Self)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Ruiz, Cynthia (Self)
Wadbrook, Catherine (Self)
On:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Regal, Tim (Texas Education Agency)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
For:
Clawson, John (Mullin ISD)
Mickelson, Steven (Mullin Independent School District)
Nichols, Nancy (Self; Mullin ISD)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)
For:
Cook, Kim (Self; Tamsa)
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Horn, Anna (Self)
Horn, Robert (Self)
Klussmann, Duncan (Texas school alliance)
Lively, Jw (Self)
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Oman, Melissa Nicole (Self)
Ruiz, Cynthia (Self)
Trevino, Theresa (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
Wadbrook, Catherine (Self)
Willis, Randy (Granger isd)
Against:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
On:
Barnes, Michael (Texas Center for Educational Policy (TCEP) at the School of Education at
the University of Texas, Austin)
Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Eastman, Anna (Houston ISD)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Hinojosa, Gina (Self)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moffat, Susan (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Orr, Dawson (Highland Park ISD)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)
Rue, Karen (Northwest ISD)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Tea)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Houston ISD)
Zyskowski, Gloria (Texaas Education Agency)
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