WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            April 5, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 385

                 For:

                                 Groves, Garrett (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Lindsay, Thomas (Texas Public Policy Fdn.)

                                 Peek, Kevin (South texas college)

                 On:

                                 Letzring, Timothy (Texas A&M University Commerce)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, Huntsman Corp., and BASF Corp.)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

HB 1737

                 On:

                                 Paredes, Raymund (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

HB 2223

                 For:

                                 Goosen, Rebecca (Texas Association of Community College)

                 Against:

                                 Vance, Anne (Self)

                 On:

                                 Ancel, Sarah (Complete College America)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

HB 2285

                 For:

                                 Merz, Evelyn (Self)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Pennings, Steven (University of Houston)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

HB 3260

                 On:

                                 Goonewardene, Julie (The University of Texas System)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Peterson, Larry (Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities)

HB 3267

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                 On:

                                 Alexander, Toni (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Guthrie, Brian (Teacher retirement system)

                                 Smith, Rebecca (Teacher retirement  system)

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