WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
August 1, 2017 - 8:00 AM
For:
Beaulé, Richard (Self; Killeen Educators Association)
Garza, David (Self; San Antonio Alliance)
Hettler, Adam (Self; Education Austin)
Wright, Zachary (Self; San Antonio Alliance for Teachers and Support Personnel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Peek, Whitney (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Ryan, Michelle (Self)
Salek, Armin (Self)
Scoggins, Meghan (Self)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Harle, Carol (Northside isd)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
On:
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hafezizadeh, Kris (Austin isd)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Cowan, Julie (Self)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Morse, Liz (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Patterson, Katie (Self; Richardson ISD)
Peek, Whitney (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Ryan, Michelle (Self)
Salek, Armin (Self)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Lennon, James (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Beaulé, Richard (Self; Killeen Educators Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Hinojosa, David (TLEC)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; Texas school board member)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Patterson, Katie (Self; Richardson ISD)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Wright, Zachary (Self; San Antonio Alliance for Teachers and Support Personnel)
Against:
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
On:
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
George, Kp (Self)
Scoggins, Meghan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carter, Phuong (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Against:
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Morse, Liz (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; Retired teacher)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Patterson, Katie (Self; Richardson ISD)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Against:
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association and texas school counselor association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Beaulé, Richard (Self; Killeen Educators Association)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Person, Maria (Self)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Ryan, Michelle (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington Independent School District)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Morse, Liz (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School trustee)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Patterson, Katie (Self; Richardson ISD)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Brown, Jay (Texas Association of Builders)
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Meroney, Mike (Self; Texas Workforce Coalition and BASF Corporation)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)
Shields, Chris (Toyota)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Miller, Tim (Texas education agency)
For:
Hodges, Brandon W. (Self)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Against:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
On:
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Hinojosa, David (TLEC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington Independent School District)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Hubbard, John (Pharr-San-Juan Alamo ISD)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Marler, Melinda (Self)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Putnam, Terry (Self)
Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Sass, Emily (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Salek, Armin (Self)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
For:
Lanahan, Sarah (Self)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Weiner, Molly (Texas aspires foundation)
Against:
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Malfaro, Louis (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Bigham, Deborah (Uplift Education)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
8
WITNESS LIST
On:
Morath, Mike (Texas Education Agency)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Associate Director of Public Policy)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Cowan, Julie (Self)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charters School)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School board)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
9
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Henricksen, Aaron (Legislative Budget Board)
MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Hinojosa, David (TLEC)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Ray (Equity center)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Hubbard, John (Pharr-San-Juan Alamo ISD)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Salek, Armin (Self)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
10
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Kusner, Steve (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Marler, Melinda (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Against:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Massey, Shelby (American Heart Association)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Hinojosa, David (TLEC)
11
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Galbraith, Michelene (Self)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Strehli, Shannon (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Against:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Hubbard, John (Pharr-San-Juan Alamo ISD)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
On:
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
12
WITNESS LIST
For:
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Crowe, Jamie (TEA)
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hinojosa, David (TLEC)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
13
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Castaneda, Gina (Self)
Cerasuolo, Kelley (Self)
Colangelo, Laura (Self; Texas Private Schools Association)
Dominguez, Alexandra (Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd))
Galipeau, Nicolle (Self; The Novus Academy)
Giordano, Alicia (Self)
Gonzales-Neal, Wendy (Self)
Kusner, Steve (Self; Kingwood TEA Party & self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Lima, Jorge (The LIBRE Initiative)
Lowery, Christopher (Self)
Lowery, Terri (Self)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Parker, Christine (Self)
Ralph, Sara (Self)
Sierra, Karla Yvette (Self; LIBRE Initiative)
Stojanik, Christiana (Self)
Tatum, Kyev (Self; New Innercity Coalition for Eucation NICE)
Thibodeaux, Agatha (Self)
Venable, Peggy (Self)
Whitworth, Robert (Catholic Schools of Austin)
Wilson, Christina (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Wilson, Wesley (Self)
Against:
Beaulé, Richard (Self; Killeen Educators Association, Texas State Teachers Association)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Enabled Advocacy and Texans for Special Education Reform)
Carter, Phuong (Self)
Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (Self; Coalition for Public Schools)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Piccola, Kyle (The Rc of Texas)
Quinzi, Patty (TX- American Federation of Teachers)
Reyes, Gus (Self; Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
York, Ruth (Self)
On:
Bussey, Faith (Self; Texans for Homeschool Freedom)
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Hinojosa, David (IDRA)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Prior, Andy (Self)
Thompson, Hunter (Texas Education Agency)
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Center for Education Policy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Jackson (Self)
Bejar, Rafael (Self)
Britton, Karen (Tqpcs)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Corser, Meagan (Self)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Dickey, James (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Galbraith, Michelene (Self)
Hockenyos, Jon (Self)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
KUsner, Kammi (Self; Kingwood Tea Party)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Lennon, James (Self)
Little, Anna (Self)
Little, Emma (Self)
Marler, Melinda (Self)
Marsh, Maggie (Self)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Mata, Vida (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
Moore, Julia (Self; Texans for Education Opportunity)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Prewett, Matt (Self; Texas Parents Union)
Putnam, Terry (Self)
Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Sass, Emily (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Strehli, Shannon (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington Independent School District)
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Cowan, Julie (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association and texas school counselor association)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Hanson, Tony hanson (Pfisd trustee)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Hubbard, John (Pharr-San-Juan Alamo ISD)
Hughey, Sandy (Self)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School trustee)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)
Person, Maria (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Ryan, Michelle (Self)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smisko, Ann (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Fernandez, Linda (Comptroller's office available as resource witness)
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
Rymal, Greta (Health and Human Services Commission)
Snyder, Jami (Health and Human Services Commission)
Against:
Bigham, Deborah (Uplift Education)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Tatum, Kyev (Self; New Innercity Coalition Education NICE)
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Lennon, Jim (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charters School)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Mauze, Heather (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Morrison, Emily (Self; Austin Achieve Public Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School trustee)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Person, Maria (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Ryan, Michelle (Self)
Salek, Armin (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Lennon, James (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charters School)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
On:
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Mauze, Heather (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
On:
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Cowan, Julie (Self)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Morse, Liz (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School trustee)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Lennon, James (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Deviney, Lee (Texas Public Finance Authority)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Mott, Verna (Self; School board)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Cowan, Julie (Self)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Fisher, Tracy (Self; Coppell isd)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Ray (Equity center)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Hubbard, John (Pharr-San-Juan Alamo ISD)
Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School trustee)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Person, Maria (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Salek, Armin (Self)
Sheffield, Trisha (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schoole)
Against:
Broughal, Christine (Self; Enabled Advocacy and Texans for Special Education Reform)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
On:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bodenger, Melissa (Self)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Contreras, Victor (Marion ISD School Board)
Cortez, Ana (Self; Central Texas School Board Association)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)
Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Tx Assoc. of Rural Schools)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Kuhne, Kristin (Richardson ISD)
Kusner, Steve (Self)
Mathias, Jayme (Self)
Mott, Vernagene (Self; School trustee)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Rodriguez, Jesse (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
St. John, Becky (Self; Grapevine Colleyville ISD)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Westbrook, Robert (Self)
Against:
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform/TxSER)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Thimesch, Kronda (Self; Lewisville ISD School Board)
On:
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Craven, Morgan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Person, Maria (Self)
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
On:
Crowe, Jamie (TEA)
Gill, Mary Ann (Texas Education Agency)
Lucas, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Freeman, Ray (Equity center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bono, Jean (Self; Richardson ISD)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Morse, Liz (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Against:
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Embry, Patricia (Self)
Harle, Carol (Self)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Montoya, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Laura (Self)
Reed, Katie (Self; Northside ISD)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
On:
Elsom, Don (Self; Chico ISD)
Mckenzie, Al (Texas Education Agency)
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