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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 1451

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Public Education Committee

              April 18, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

                       For :

                                 Gain, Kerry (Comal ISD)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)

                                 Cavazos-Reyna, C (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Self)

                       Against :

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                       On :

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)

                                 Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)

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