WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 14, 2015 - 8:00 AM
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Boulter, Joshua (Self)
Caldwell, Viola (Self)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Crayton, Elizabeth (Self)
Daniel, Anu (Self)
Davis, Randy (Self)
Dollgener, Chanley (TCA)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Trucking Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Foster, Mary (Self)
Frazier, Angela (Self)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hicks IV, Edward (Texas Counseling Association)
Holland, Kelsi (Self)
Irvin, Gwendolyn (Self)
Jackson, Aaron (Self)
Jackson, Tricia (Self)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Matthews, Cyndi (Self; Texas counseling association)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp., BASF Corp., and Sherwin Alumina, Co.)
Monceaux, Alex (Self)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Ordonez, Carolina (Self)
Porter-McCullough, Briggette (Self)
Pounds, Brandy (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
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For:
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Shahlaee, Bahareh (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Solmonson, LeAnn (Self; TexasCounseling Association)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
Swagerty (Self)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Chemical Council)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Kristiane (Self)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Williams, Ebony (Self)
Williams, Sharonda (Self)
Womack, Daniel (The Dow Chemical Company)
Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)
Wright, Howell (Self; Huntsville ISD)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Coffee, Charlotte (Self)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Trucking Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp., BASF Corp., and Sherwin Alumina, Co.)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Chemical Council)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)
Giarratani, Dominic (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Skillern Jones, Rhonda (Houston ISD)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One voice texas)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
White, David (Texas psychological association)
Against:
Davis, Randy (Self)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association)
Monceaux, Alex (Self)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
On:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
For:
Acevedo, Fidel (Self; LULAC District XIi)
Dunwoody, Mac (Self; Project grad usa)
Harris, Vernita (Greater Houston Black Chamber)
Smalley, Elliot (TN Dept of Education)
Toussant, Jarrad (Texans for Education Reform)
Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)
Zimmerman, Jill (LA Recovery School District)
Against:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
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Against:
Duron, Jodi (Self; Texas assiciation of mid-sized schools)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Assn)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nelson, Jim (Self; TASB and TASA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Fernandez, Martha (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barzano, Lorie (Self; Coalitio SAUS (Strengthen Austin Urban Schools ))
Cardenas iii, Joe (Self; Texas HOPE, Hispanics Organized for Political Education)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Salazar, Placido (Self; Dr Hector P Garcia Amer GI Forum Org)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Baxter, Mark (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Skillern Jones, Rhonda (Houston ISD)
For:
Baldree, Mike (Self; Texas Rural Education Association)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Conley, Nicole (Texas School Alliance)
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Trustee)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Giarratani, Dominic (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Schiele, James (Self; Eagle Mountain - Saginaw ISD)
Skillern Jones, Rhonda (Houston ISD)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Cardenas iii, Joe (Self; Texas HOPE , Hispanics Organized for Political Education)
Guzman, Samuel (Mexican American School Board Members Associatio)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Casey, Daniel (Self)
Chambers, HD (Self; Alief ISD)
Clore, Paul (Self; Gregory-Portland ISD)
Colbert, Paul (Self)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Texas assiciation of mid-sized schools)
Grrusendorf, Bill (Txassoc rural shools)
Harvey, Jeff (Self; Fayetteville Isd)
Hinojosa, David (IDRA)
McClure, Barney (Agriculture teachers assn)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Meyer, Randy (Sweet Home ISD)
Moak, Lynn (Self; Moak,Casey & associates)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Rue, Karen (Texas School Coalition)
Taylor, Lori (Self)
Terry, Dr. James (Dallas ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alverson, Lisa (Self)
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Andrews, Irene (Self)
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Bean, Nancy (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self)
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For:
Boulter, Joshua (Self)
Brown, Susan (Self)
Caldwell, Viola (Self)
Carlson, Frank (Self)
Caudle, Jennifer (Self)
Clarke, Debby (Self)
Coleman, Deniza (Self)
Crayton, Elizabeth (Self)
Daniel, Anu (Self)
Dollgener, Chanley (Self)
Dossey, Matt (Self; Jonesboro ISD)
Elenz, Amber (Austin ISD)
Foster, Mary (Self)
Frazier, Angela (Self)
Hicks IV, Edward (Texas Counseling Association)
Hinojosa, Gina (Austin School Board)
Irvin, Gwendolyn (Self)
Jackson, Aaron (Self)
Jackson, Tricia (Self)
Matthews, Cyndi (Self; Texas counseling association)
Moore, Karen (Self)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Mundwiller, Linda (Self)
Ordonez, Carolina (Self)
Porter-McCullough, Briggette (Self)
Rhoden, Jill (Self)
Richardson, Mary (Self)
Shahlaee, Bahareh (Self)
Shivers, Shari (Self)
Teich, Ann (Austin ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Terry, Mary Elizabeth (Self)
Webb, Kristiane (Self)
Wheaton, Karen (Self)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
Williams, Ebony (Self)
Williams, Sharonda (Self)
Wright, Howell (Self; Huntsville ISD)
Against:
Anton, Pauline (Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce)
Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cardenas, Joe (TLEC, Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Cavazos, MPA, C. LeRoy (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Salazar, Placido (Self; Dr Hector P Garcia Amer GI Forum Org)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bamberg, Wanda (Self; Aldine ISD)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Henricksen, Aaron (Legislative Budget Board)
Luke, Charles (Coalition for Education Funding)
MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)
Mcgeady, John (Legislative Budget Board)
Spurgin, Janet (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Cardenas iii, Joe (Self; Texas HOPE, Hispanics Organized for Political Education)
Gregg, Brock (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Jaramillo, Carolina (Self; Reagan High school)
Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Assn)
Sanchez, Raul (Self; Austin ISD)
Watson, Mia (Self; Reagan High School)
Weeks, Allen (Austin Voices for Education and Youth/Save Texas Schools)
Weeks, Julie (Austin Voices for Education and Youth)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Luke, Charles (Pastors for Texas Children)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moffat, Susan (Self)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Moulton, Kelli (Texas Assoc Community Schools, Hereford ISD)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
Teich, Ann (Austin ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Baxter, Mark (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hagey, Donna (Self; The austin project)
Weeks, Allen (Austin Voices for Education and Youth/Save Texas Schools)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Assn)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moffat, Susan (Self)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
Teich, Ann (Austin ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Baxter, Mark (TEA)
For:
Childers, Calla (Self)
Childers, Kevin (Self)
Owen, Chris (Self)
Sutton, Janet (Self)
Whitaker, Kim (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Childers, Jana (Self)
Francis, Will (National association of social workers - Texas chapter)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association)
Gregg, Brock (Atpe)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Pruitt, Bethany (Self)
Pruitt, Kenneth (Self)
Pruitt, Nichole (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medicine Association)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wilson, John (Self)
On:
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Mann, Laurie (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Luna, Francis (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Cooper, Kevin (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
For:
Alexander, Kim (Roscoe Collegiate ISD)
Bostic, Robert (Stafford Municipal School District)
Brown, Fred (Texans Can Academy)
Chambers, HD (Self; Alief ISD)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Moulton, Kelli (Texas Assoc Community Schools, Hereford ISD)
O'Brien, Randal (Self; Goose Creek CISD)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association
of School Boards)
On:
Bamberg, Wanda (Self; Aldine ISD and Texas School Alliance)
Barnes, Michael (Texas Center for Educational Policy)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Trustee)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Texas assiciation of mid-sized schools)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Trevino, Theresa (Self; TAMSA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wright, Howell (Self; Huntsville ISD)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Zyskowski, Gloria (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Trucking Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp., BASF Corp., and Sherwin Alumina, Co.)
Moulton, Kelli (Texas Assoc Community Schools, Hereford ISD)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whiteker, MaryAnn (Self; Hudson ISD)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bethea, Louise (Self; Texas Allergy Society)
Lott, Bruce (Mylan)
Luna, Francis (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hubbard, John (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Shannon, Fred (National Safety Council)
Shields, Bradford (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Bunker-Henderson, Nichole (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Wheeler, Anita (DSHS)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nelson, Jim (TASB)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
On:
Rowell, Ronald (Texas education agency)
On:
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Harris, Dwight (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Bunker-Henderson, Nichole (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Skillern Jones, Rhonda (Houston ISD)
Wright-Steele, Catherine (Texas Department of Agriculture)
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