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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 247

              Senate Committee Report

              Higher Education

              April 5, 2017 - 8:30 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Colletti, Lori    (Self; Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association), Fort Worth, TX

                                          Gann, Cynthia    (Self; Hondo ISD), Hondo, TX

                                          Laing, Pamela    (Texas Speech Language Hearing Association), Fort Worth, TX

                                          Lilly, Janna   Texas Council for Adm. of Special Education  (Texas Council of

                                          Administrators of Special Education), Austin, TX

                                          Limon-Ordonez, Margarita   Bilingual speech language pathologist;  (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Sirmon-Taylor, Bess   Dr  (Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association), El Paso, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Higdon, Larry    (Self; Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association), TX, TX

                                          Puthoff, Elizabeth   Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis  (Independent

                                          Colleges and Universities of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Quinzi, Patty   Legislative Counsel, TX American Fed. Of Teachers  (TX - American

                                          Federation of Teachers), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Francis, Brian   Executive Director  (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Puls, Charles   Deputy Assistant Commissioner  (Texas Higher Education Coordinating

                                          Board), Austin, TX

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