WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 21, 2015 - 8:00 AM
For:
Pena, Bertha (Self; Brownsville ISD)
Zendejas, Esperanza (Self; Brownsville ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Brown, Fred (Self; Texans Can Academy)
Marquez, Richard (Texans Can Academy)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
On:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Fernandez, Martha (Texas Charter Schools Associations)
Hammond, Bill (The Texas Assoc of Business)
List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)
Riggs, Joseph (Responsive Education Solutions)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hughey, Sandy (North East ISD)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
White, Brad (Lbb)
Against:
Cooper, Kenneth (The Cooper Institute)
Dimitry, Lauren (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
Pont, Stephen (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association)
Schauer, Tim (Healthy Living Matters, Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
Against:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Everett, Diana (Self; Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (American Heart Association)
Scott, Cam (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD School Board)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Long, Matt (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD School Board)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Long, Matt (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Smith, Casey (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Baxter, Mark (TEA)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Long, Matt (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Rowell, Ronald (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Killian, Doug (Self; Hutto isd)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
For:
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Culpepper, Lelia (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Austin, Laura (Ntional Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Chase, Coby (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Peyson, Robin (Communities for Recovery)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Ayres, Monica (Self)
Convery, Debra (Self)
Crosley, Robert (Self)
Culpepper, Joe (Self)
Moore, Norman (Self)
Neikirk, George (Self)
Wadhwani, Savita (Self)
Whittier, Eric (Self)
On:
Gaines, Sonja (Health and Human Services Commission)
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Amarillo ISD)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Burton, Lynn (Self; Orange Grove ISD)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Smith, Joe (Self; Hudson isd)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Colbert, Paul (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
David, Dorian (Orange grove isd)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fernandez, Martha (Texas Charter Schools Assoc.)
Flores, Rebecca (Moak, Casey and Associates)
Gonzales, Gilbert (Orange Grove ISD)
Grusend orf, Bill (Tx assoc of rural schools)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Henderson, Ernest (Self; Orange Grove ISD)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Klatt, Will (Orange grove isd)
Luke, Charles (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
SCHROEDTER, JODI (Orange Grove ISD)
Williams, Ellen (Texas Association of Mid Size Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD School Board)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fletcher, Carol (Self; Pflugerville ISD)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Ready, Debra (Austin ISD, TASB)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD School Board)
Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hanna, Mark (Texas Speech Language Hearing Association)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
King, Ed (Government Capital Corporation)
Kruse, Pam (Self; Texas Rural Education Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administators)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fletcher, Carol (Self; Pflugerville ISD)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
On:
Bonton, Michelle (The rhodes school)
Brewer, Todd (Regions bank, secured critirs and bondholders)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Corte Jr., Frank (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Davis, Oscar (Regions Bank- other providers and Captial to Charter Schools)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
McClellan (with Oscar Davis & bond counsel Todd Br, Nathan (Regions Bank and other
providers of capital to charter sector to include underwriters, institutional investors in
non-rated debt, and other financial institutions.)
Murphy, John (Kipp houston public schools)
Rainey, Chuck (Self; Austin Discovery School)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Cofer, David (Jubilee Academic Center, Inc)
Gallegos, Rene (Jubilee Academic Center, Inc)
On:
Holder, Kyle (Self; Austin Discovery School)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Fletcher, Carol (Pflugerville ISD and TASB)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Vo, Henry (Self; Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Chiodo, Dana (TechAmerica)
Geske, Matthew (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Shields, Chris (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Wise, Andrew (Self; Microsoft)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Meade, Alex (Mission Economic Development Corporation)
Vo, Henry (Self; Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Fletcher, Carol (Self; Pflugerville ISD)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Isett, Carl (CEV Multimedia)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
Norman, Diane (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Largent, James (Self; Granbury ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rosen, Laura (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Campbell, Grover (Tx Assoc of School Boards)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Fletcher, Carol (Self; Pflugerville ISD)
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Perez, Gina (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Goslant, Kaili (Self; The Arc of Texas)
Huber, Charles (The Arc of Texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Wright, Howell (Huntsville ISD)
On:
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
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