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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 719

              Senate Committee Report

              Higher Education

              March 8, 2017 - 9:00 AM

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Berry, Jason   Ceo  (Self) , Rowlett, TX

                                          De Leon, Marty    (TCASE), Austin, TX

                                          Masey, Chris    (Coalition of texans with disabilities), Austin, TX

                                          Miller, Jeff   Policy Specialist  (Disability Rights Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Piccola, Kyle    (The Arc of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Smith, Carole   Executive Director  (Private providers association of texas), Austin, TX

                                          Thurston, James   Director of Policy and Community Engagement  (United Ways of

                                          Texas), Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Baxa, Jim   Dr  (Self) , Lubbock, TX

                        ON:

                                          Eklund, Julie   Assistant Commissioner  (Texas Higher Educatipn Coordinating Board),

                                          Austin, TX

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