WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
March 7, 2017 - 12:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For :
Adams, Shay (Self; Lovejoy ISD)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Colbert, Paul (Self)
Cowan, Julie (Self)
DePalma, Rich (Self)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Freeman, Ray (Equity center)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)
Harshman, Dusty (Self)
Hoffman, Courtney (Texas ALTA)
Lunceford, Mike (Houston ISD)
Lusignolo, Cynthia (Self; Texas City ISD)
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance and Moak, Casey & Associates)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Singh, Arati (Texas PTA)
Against :
Bush, Melanie (Conroe ISD)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
On :
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Begert, Bret (Self; Ft. Elliott CISD)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Henricksen, Aaron (Legislative Budget Board)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Meadows, Richard (Fort Elliott c i s d)
Moreno, Celina (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Spurgin, Janet (Legislative Budget Board)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD)
Belknap, Karen (Self; A+Academy and Inspired Vision Church)
Burks, Randy (Texas Schools Coalition, Snyder ISD)
Cain, Sally (Self; North Texas Region Texas ALTA)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Carroll, Cody (Self; Krum ISD)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Texas Association of Mid-Size schools)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self)
Gladden, Linda (Self; Academic Language Therapy Association)
Hebert, Bryan (School Taxpayers Relief Coalition)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Marsel, Alice (Self; Dyslexia Center of Austin)
Martinez, Louann (Fort Worth ISD)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)
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WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
Meroney, Mike (Self; Decoding Dyslexia)
Pace, Sheryl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA))
Rogers, Robert (Self)
Sheffield, Heather (Self; Decoding Dyslexia)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Webster, R. Todd (Spring Branch ISD)
White Flowers, Shala (Self; A+ Charter Schools)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yeager, Bruce (Self; Ponder ISD)
Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; NYOS Charter School)
Against :
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Cavazos-Reyna, C LeRoy (Self; San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
On :
Waldron, Joe (Lefors ISD, Texas School Coalition)
Waller, Jay (Ira ISD)
March 14, 2017 - 12:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For :
Colbert, Paul (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Velky, David (Rocksprings ISD)
Against :
Torres, Sophie (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
On :
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Abbott, Terry (Leander Independent School District)
Abbott, Terry (Leander Independent School District)
Anthony, David (Self)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Sparks, Chad (Parents for Full and Fair Funding (in Texas Public Schools))
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Velma, Ybarra (Self; Texas State LLULAC)
Ybarra, Velma (Self; Texas Hispanics Organized for Political Education)
York, Dwain (Self; Wimberley ISD)
On :
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Deason, Ray (Self; Ore City ISD. Ore City, Tx)
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WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
March 21, 2017 - 12:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For :
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
On :
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Willis, Randy (Granger isd, Texas assoication of Rural Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Chapman, William (Self; Jarrell ISD)
Cowan, Julie (Self; AISD board of trustees)
Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD)
Espey, Jennifer (Self; Parents for Full & Fair Funding of Texas Public Schools)
Garrett, James (Self; Jarrell ISD)
Gower, Allison (Self)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber and Angela Farley, Sr VP Education and
Workforce)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Keeling, Tami (Self; Victoria ISD, TASB)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; Texas association of school boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Sheffield, Heather (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Whiteker, Mary Ann (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Yeager, Laura (Self)
Young, Audrey (Self; Apple Springs ISD President, Board of Trustees)
On :
Belew, Kara (Tea)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Cavazos-Reyna, C. LeRoy (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
March 28, 2017 - 8:00 AM
On :
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; Nyos charter school)
Against :
Haynes, Jamie (Self)
On :
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
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