WITNESS LIST

            Public Education-S/C on Educator Quality Committee

            March 27, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1403

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Phillips, Doug (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1799

                 For:

                                 Allen, Lisette (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)

                 On:

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

                                 Phillips, Doug (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Parrish, Melody (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1918

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Tower, Houston (Texas aspires)

                                 Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Winchester, Martin (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2209

                 For:

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Secial Education Reform)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for special education reform)

                                 Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 McKelvey, Jana (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Shepherd, Suzanne (Self; Down Syndrome Association Central Texas)

                                 Suter, Maggie (Self)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                 On:

                                 Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Basrai, Fatema (Self)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Hardwick, Grace (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)

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

                                 Moreno, Celina (Self; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Miller, Tim (TEA)

            HB 3769

                 For:

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association, Powell & Leon, LLP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texs education agency)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Phillips, Doug (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 7

                 For:

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association, Powell & Leon, LLP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

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

                                 Tower, Houston (Texas aspires)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Badillo, Mario (Houston fire department)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texs education agency)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Phillips, Doug (Texas Education Agency)

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