WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations - S/C on Article III Committee

            February 20, 2017 - 7:30 AM

Junior Colleges and Community Colleges

                 On:

                                 Fraire, Jacob (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Hernandez, Demetrio (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Lewis, Raymond (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

                                 McKown, Johnette (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

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

                                 Schmidt, Emily (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Campbell, Daniel (SouthWest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf)

                                 Claxton, Brenda (Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf)

Optional Retirement Program

                 On:

                                 Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)

Special Provisions for the TSBVI and TSD

                 On:

                                 Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)

Teacher Retirement System

                 On:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Guthrie, Brian (Teacher Retirement System)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)

                                 MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)

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

                                 Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Daniel, Katrina (Teacher Retirement System)

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WITNESS LIST

Texas Education Agency

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Carpenter, Clint (Windham school district)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD)

                                 Everitt, Shay (CHILDREN AT RISK)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fields, Martha (Windham School District)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Henrickson, Aaron (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Heuberger, Ann (Self; Texas Association of School Boards and Del Valle ISD)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Hudson, Georgina (Goodwill Central Texas Excel Center)

                                 Keller, Mary (Self; Military Child Education Coalition)

                                 Kohl, Bill (UT-School of Public Health -Austin)

                                 MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)

                                 McMahan, Joseph (Mission:Readiness)

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

                                 Morath, Mike (Texas education agency)

                                 Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Palmer, Deborah (Self)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc Of Texas)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)

                                 Sconzo, Guy (Fast Growth School Coalition)

                                 Smith, Johnisha (Self; AP Teachers)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Westbrook, Bob (Self; ReadyNation)

                                 Willard, Michael (Texas Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs)

                                 Williams, Matt (Goodwill Central Texas Excel Center)

                                 Winkler, Andrea (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Wood, Michael (The Commit! Partnership)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Goodwill Central Texas Excel Center Adult High School)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brown, Paul (Windham School District)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Curtis, Larriann (TX PTA)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Hidalgo, Nancy (Pflugerville Independent School District)

                                 Romo, Joel (Texas public health coalition)

                                 Ross, Dixie (Self)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Tower, Houston (Texas Apires)

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

                 On:

                                 Daugherty, William (Texas school for the blind and visually impaired)

                                 MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)

                                 Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Darden, Pamela (Texas school for the blind and visually impaired)

Texas School for the Deaf

                 On:

                                 Anger, Martha (Self)

                                 Bgen, Claire (Texas school for the Deaf)

                                 Kennedy, James (Self)

                                 Simmons, Trevor (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Winegard, Evan (Self)

                                 Wolf, Angie (Self; Texas Scool for the Deaf)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Hutchison, Ryan (Self; Communication Service for the Deaf)

                                 Maass, Peter (Texas Facilities Commission)

                                 MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)

                                 Saunders, Liane (Texas school for the deaf)

                                 Wedel, Justin (TX School for the Deaf)

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