WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 20, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            (SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - Educator Quality)

            HB 218

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                 On:

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Tower, Houston (Texas Aspires)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (TEA)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Phillips, Doug (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 333

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (TEA)

                                 Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Phillips, Doug (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 816

                 For:

                                 Ashley, Allison (Self)

                                 Hoover, JoLisa (Self)

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

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 On:

                                 Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (ACT - Dallas)

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Pitts, John (Commit!Dallas)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                                 Tower, Houston (Texas Aspires)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (TEA)

                                 Lopez, Viviana (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 972

                 For:

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

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

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association For Bilingual Education)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (ACT - Dallas)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (TEA)

                                 Franklin, Ryan (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1255

                 For:

                                 Killian, Douglas (Self; Hutto ISD)

                                 Morrow, Coila (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (TEA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Haley, Bill (Self; International Baccalaureate)

                                 Matz, Sarah (CompTIA)

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

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 On:

                                 Suffren, Quentin (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1469

                 For:

                                 Gollihar, Will (Thomas Buzbee Vocational High School)

                                 Underwood, Dale (Gulf Coast Trades Center/Raven School Charter)

                 Against:

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corporation, BASF Corporation)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (ACT - Dallas)

                                 Rodriguez, Jennifer (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of Texas)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Tower, Houston (Texas Aspires)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (TEA)

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