WITNESS LIST

            Public Education-S/C on Educator Quality Committee

            March 26, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 218

                 For:

                                 Dow, Pauline (Austin ISD)

                                 Ferris, Laila (El Paso Independent School District)

                                 Montes-Bustamante, Cynthia (Self; EPISD)

                                 Pratts, Vivian (Self; Spring Branch ISD)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education (tabe))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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

                                 Mercado, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Miller, Tim (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 810

                 On:

                                 Meroney, Shannon (CEEP (Coalition for Effective Educator Preparation))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)

                                 Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teacher Association)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

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

                 On:

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Cook, Marilyn (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1497

                 For:

                                 Brackmeyer, Kevin (Manor ISD)

                                 Elliott, Trish (Self; Grand Saline ISD)

                                 Lindsay, David (Self; NCCER)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)

                                 Thompson, Ed (Self; Tspe)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Meroney, Shannon (CEEP (Coalition for Effective Educator Preparation))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Self)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Stewart, Scott (Zachry Group)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow chemical company)

                 On:

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Cook, Marilyn (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Miller, Tim (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 2800

                 Against:

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

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education (tabe))

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

                 Against:

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                 On:

                                 Miller, Tim (Texas Education Agency)

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