WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May 16, 2017 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Erin (The College Board)
On:
Schwinn, Penny (TEA)
For:
Cherry, Patrick (Alief ISD, Texas School Alliance, and the Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Duggins, Paige (MALDEF)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Lively, JW (Self)
Oman, Nicole (Self)
Trevino, Theresa (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment,
Commissioner TExas Next Generation Of Assessment and Accountability)
Walker, Tyra (Alief ISD, Texas School Alliance, and the Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Against:
Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bacon, Katherine (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cook, Kim (Self; TAMSA)
De Leon, Marty (Texas Urban Council)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin ISD)
GRAVES, ASHLEA (HOUSTON ISD)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Martinez, Silvia (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Meroney, Mike (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yeager, Laura (Self)
Against:
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Argueta, Annabelle (Self)
Bacon, Katherine (Self)
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For:
Badger, Lewlyn (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campos, Rosie (Self)
Cave, Zach (Self)
Douglas, Elise (Self)
Douglas, Gloria (Self)
Doyle, Cyndi (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Ellington, Rachel (Self)
Espino, Teresa (Self)
Ewing, Diane (Texans Care for Children)
Graczyk, Janet (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hebert, Bryan (United Ways of Texas)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)
Love, Janet (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moore, Kathleen (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Pearce, Jordan (Self)
Pena, Jessica (Self)
Riley, Shanda (Self)
Sartor, Teri Ann (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Schalk, Rachel (Self)
Schlosz, David (Self)
Smith, Matthew (Self; Texas School Counselors Association, Texas Counseling Association)
Smith, Milton (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Tenhet, Leigh (Self)
Timmons, Montinique (Self)
Troy, LaToya (Self)
VanDerKamp, Lydia (Self)
Villarreal, Venissia (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Westbrook, Tisha (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wood, Cedric (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
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On:
Glaser, Marnie (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Hinojosa, David (Tlec)
Trevino, Theresa (Self; TAMSA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Chapple, Jamaica (Self)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
CHIMENE, GRACE (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
On:
Cook, Kim (Self; TAMSA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hinojosa, Michael (Dallas ISD)
Layne, Scott (Dallas ISD)
Against:
Burd, J P (Dallas County Schools)
King, Paul (Dallas County Schools)
Mullins, Leatha (Dallas County Schools)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Cochran-McCall, Amanda (Offie of the Attorney General)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
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Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
On:
Crabill, AJ (TEA)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Colbert, Paul (Self; Not On Li'l T's Watch)
Rideau, Breggett (Self; Not On Lil'T's Watch)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Borreca, Christopher (Self; Sevaral texas school districts)
Ford, Stacy (Self; Coalition of Human Rights Policy Advocates. (CHRPA))
Hardwick, Grace (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McDonald, Brenda (Self; Anderson -Shiro CISD)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Randolph, Ian (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Mcghee, Martina (Self)
Villarreal, Venissia (Self)
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On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Hughes, Luann (Self; Temple Independent School District, Texas Computer Education
Association)
McDonald, Brenda (Self; Anderson-Shiro CISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Chiodo, Dana (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Scheberle, Drew (2050 group)
Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)
Sprague, Alex (Dell Inc.)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)
Woodland, Wendy (Texas Library Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Nichols, Colby (Instructional Materials Coordinators Association of Texas)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hughes, Luann (Self; Temple Independent School District, Texas Computer Education
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For:
Association)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
McDonald, Brenda (Self; Anderson-Shiro CISD)
Woodland, Wendy (Texas Library Association)
Against:
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Gore, Phil (Tasb)
Against:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
On:
Martinez, Silvia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Crabill, AJ (TEA)
For:
Gordon, Lindsey (Texas charter schools association)
On:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
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On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Jones, Chris (Texas education agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Mauze, Heather (TEA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
For:
Barker, Brance (Self; UME preparatory academy)
Brown, Honorable Fred (Texans Can Academy)
Nishimura, Christine (Texas charter schools association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Russell, Claudia (Chaparral Star Academy)
Wheeler, Dianne (Self)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Williamson, Daniel (Rice University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Hochberg, Scott (Self; Rice university)
Hughes, Luann (Self; Temple Independent School District, Texas Computer Education
Association)
McDonald, Brenda (Self; Anderson-Shiro CISD)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Malone, Mary (Self)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas/CFT)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ewing, Diane (Texans Care for Children)
Garbutt, Liz (Children's Defense Funs-Texas)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Hebert, Bryan (United Ways of Texas)
Herring, Megan (The Commit Partnership)
Herring, Megan (Early Matters Dallas)
Herring, Megan (Success By 6, United Way for Greater Austin)
Herring, Megan (Children at Risk)
Herring, Megan (Dallas ISD)
Herring, Megan (First 3 Years)
Herring, Megan (Stand for Children)
Pitts, John R. (Momentous Institute)
Pitts, John R. (United Way of Metro Dallas)
Pitts, John R. (Dallas Early Education Alliance)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Sobel, Lindsay (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Watts, Jenna (Deans For Impact)
On:
Franklin, Ryan (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
On:
Crabill, AJ (TEA)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
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For:
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Mauze, Heather (TEA)
On:
Morath, Mike (Texas education agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Crabill, AJ (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Jones, Kierra (Self)
Kahn, Ashley (Self)
Torres, Fabiola (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Little, Emma (Self; Texas home school coailtion)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alonso, Rebecca (Self)
Bacon, Katherine (Self)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Chapple, Jamaica (Self)
Davis, Wendy (Self)
Espino, Teresa (Self)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hebert, Bryan (United Ways of Texas)
Hornor, Heather (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Jackson, Leosha (Self)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Mcghee, Martina (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moore, Kathleen (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Pearce, Jordan (Self)
Raesener, Leanne (Self)
Ruiz, Beatriz (Self)
Schlosz, David (Self)
Segura, Aylin (Self)
Tigert, Juliann (Self)
Villarreal, Venissia (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Weigel, Alicia (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Mauze, Heather (TEA)
Stoltz, Candace (TEA)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition; BASF Corporation; and Huntsman Corporation)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Ocasio, Kelly (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Colbert, Paul (Self)
Duggins, Paige (MALDEF)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc of Rural Schools)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Hubbard, John (Self; Texas Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Linn, Julie (Texas Association of Realtors)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Randolph, Ian (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)
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For:
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
McKenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Guido, Nancy (Self; North East ISD)
Haag, John (Self)
Haag, Terri (Self)
Meineke, Daniella (Self)
Mitchell, Vickie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
McKenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
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For:
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
McKenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
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