WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 4, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Chambers, HD (Self; Alief ISD, Texas School Alliance)
On:
Morath, Mike (Tea)
For:
Brown, Suzan (ResponsiveEd)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Ratliff, Bennett (Self)
On:
Broughal, Christine (Self)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Al-Bahloly, Ameen (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cook, Chuck (ResponsiveEd)
Cook, John (Self)
Daniel, Marilyn (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Ford, Stacy (Self; Coalition of Human Rights Policy Advocates (CHRPA))
Fry, Pat (Self)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gordon, Guadalupe (Self; Arch dioese of San Antonio)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Lorenzo, Maria (Self)
Martinez, Maricela (Self)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Mendoza, Ralph (Self)
Merlo, Anne Celeste (Self; Texas Catholic Network)
Moxley, Eileen (Self; Arch Dioese of San Antonio)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schools)
Quintero (Catholic Advocates)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Tassin, Kristin (Self; Fort Bend ISD)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Stratton, Jennifer (Self)
Tassin, Kristin (Self; Fort Bend ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISDBboard of Trusteees)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Ford, Stacy (Self; Coalition of Human Rights Policy Advocates (CHRPA))
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Proctor, McKay (Self)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Sivin, Trevor (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Broughal, Christine (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
For:
Ford, Stacy (Self; Coalition of Human Rights Policy Advocates (CHRPA))
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Martinez, Maricela (Self)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Smith, Anna (Self)
Stratton, Jennifer (Self)
Tassin, Kristin (Self; Fort Bend ISD)
On:
Crabill, AJ (TEA)
Schwinn, Penny (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Anderson, David (Arlington ISDBboard of Trusteees)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Rappaport, Mitchell (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Housson, Shannon (TEA)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Howard, Ashley (Self; National Association of Social Workers)
Hulin, Lara (Self)
On:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Borden, Cory (Self; Cleburne ISD)
Mack, Chris (Self; Longview ISD)
Mack, Lisha (Self; East Texas Down Syndrome Group)
Tassin, Kristin (Self; Fort Bend ISD)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Ford, Stacy (Self; Coalition of Human Rights Policy Advocates (CHRPA))
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Schwinn, Penny (TEA)
Stratton, Jennifer (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Fry, Pat (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Martinez, Maricela (Self)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
For:
Luna, Francis (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Phalen, Cheryl (TSNAA)
Teuscher, David (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
On:
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cates, Andrew (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Assn)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Assn of Texas)
Wolf, Robert (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Fox, Randa (Self; Not on our watch america foundation)
Hodge, Glenna (Self; Open Door Recovery House)
McClure, Madeline (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
McGeary, Judith (Self)
Orozco-Joseph, Sylvia (Mental Health America of Greater Dallas)
Quinn Alexander, Jenna (Self)
On:
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department (Human Trafficking Unit))
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillias, Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fry, Pat (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
Against:
Phalen, Cheryl (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
On:
Bernstein, Jamie (Children's Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Tassin, Kristin (Self; Fort Bend ISD)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
Against:
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Brady, Denise (Dept of Family and Protective Services)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Colangelo, Laura (Self; Texas Private Schools Association)
Lieberman, Allen (Self; Texas allergy society)
Tharp, Susan (Self; San antonio food allergy support team)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Zumbrun, Janna (Texas department of state health services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Cates, Andrew (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Luna, Francis (Self)
Mendoza, Ralph (Self)
Moxley, Eileen (Self; Arch Dioese of San Antonio)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association)
Vaca, Belinda (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
On:
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISDBboard of Trusteees)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Luna, Francis (Self)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Cowsar, Robin (Self)
Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD)
Joseph, Alicia (Self)
Marsel, Alice (Self)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Yarus, Mary (Self)
On:
Lee, Cherry (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISDBboard of Trusteees)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Mack, Chris (Self; Longview ISD)
Mack, Lisha (Self; East Texas Down Syndrome Group)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Stratton, Jennifer (Self)
Tassin, Kristin (Self; Fort bend isd)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Schwinn, Penny (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
For:
COrreu, John (Self)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Zimmerman, Richard (Dfps)
For:
Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beving, Rita (Self; Public citizen texas office)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Castilla, Luis (Public Citizen)
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Cook, John (Self)
Floyd, Gary (Self)
Foster, David (Clean Water Action)
Geiger, Carol (Self)
Gordon, Guadalupe (Self; Arch dioese of San Antonio)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Massingill, G Sealy (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Mendoza, Ralph (Self)
Merlo, Anne Celeste (Self; Texas Catholic Network)
Moxley, Eileen (Self; Arch Dioese of San Antonio)
Proctor, McKay (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Sivin, Trevor (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Stadler, Katherine (Self)
Townsend, Trent (The Nature Conservancy)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISDBboard of Trusteees)
Anderson, David (Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO))
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Chauvin, Gary (TCEQ)
La Caille, Cari-Michel (TCEQ)
Lange, Sabine (TCEQ)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Zumbrun, Janna (Texas department of state health services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Barker, Brance (Self; University Method Education Prep)
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Clements, Stacey (Self)
Eagle, Cameron (Chaparral Star Academy)
Ennis, Madge (Winfree Academy Charter School)
Hagin, Marsha (Chaparral star Academy)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Milem, Sarah (Self)
Nishimura, Christine (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Rivera, Frank (Self; Chaparral Star Academy)
Silber, Carla (Self; Orenda Charter School)
Staples, Deirdre (Self; Winfree Academy Charter Schools)
Walker, Colt (Chaparral Star Academy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arreaga, Saxonee (Chaparral Star Academy)
Briscoe-eagle, Amy (Chaparral star academy)
Carey, Miles (Chaparral star academy)
Craciun, Julia (Chaparral Star Academy)
Davis, Howard (Self)
Estrada, Joseph (Chaparral Star Academy)
Fairbanks, Oliver (Chaparral Star Academy)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Greenwell, Aminah (Chaparral Star Academy)
Herbowy, Hanna (Chaparral Star Acdemy)
Karren, Isabelle (Chaparral star academy)
Karren, Katherine (Chaparral Star Academy)
Kliewer, Isaac (Chaparral Star Academy)
Little, Elise (Chaparral star academy)
Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Mowrer, Amy (Self; Chaparral Star Academy)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Procasky, Joseph (Chaparral Star Academy)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Redding, Sariah (Chaparral Star Academy)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Ryniker, Matthew (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ryniker, Zoe (Self)
Spiess, Erica (Self; Chaparral Star Academy)
Spiess, Kyle (Self; Chaparral Star Academy)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Webb, Jacob (Chaparral Star Academy)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
For:
Crenshaw, Latashia (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillias, Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Ford, Stacy (Self; Coalition of Human Rights Policy Advocates (CHRPA))
Fowler, Rebecca (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Elliott, Chelsea (Half Helen Foundation)
On:
Delgado, Evelyn (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cobb, Jean (Lions Club)
Cooper, Marshall (Lions club)
Solis III, Andy (Clute Lions Club)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self; Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
For:
Bhatia, Yasmin (Self; Uplift Education)
Hull, Susan (Grand Prairie ISD & the District-Charter Alliance.)
Muri, Scott (Spring Branch ISD)
Reed, Bryan (Self; YES Prep Public Schools)
Smisko, Ann (Raise your hand texas)
Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas/CFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Linn, Julie (District-Charter Alliance)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
McCabe, Libby (Commit Partnership in Dallas)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Sconzo, Guy (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Belew, Kara (TEA)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Mauze, Heather (Texas Education Agency)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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