WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
February 26, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Bryant, Keith (Lubbock-Cooper ISD)
Cooper, Kyle (Self; Gatesville ISD)
De bauche, Thomas (Self; Cody stephens foundation)
Martin, Joe (Texas High School Coaches Association)
Plylar, David (Self)
Sanders, Drew (Self)
Stephens, Scott (Self)
Zepeda, Ray (Cypress-Fairbanks ISD)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (UIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Debauche, Mary (Self; Cody Stephens Memorial Foundation)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Patterson, Jerod (Texas Rural Education Association)
Sabo, Jason (Self)
Stephens, Melody (Self)
Stephens, Vance (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Estrada, Gabriel (Self; Austin Voices for Education and Youth)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Quijije-Sudhoff, Mercedes (Self)
Sandate, Irma (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
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For:
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Donaldson, Dena (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Ortiz, Corina (Self)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Sudhoff, Gary (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Tirino, Eric (Self)
Valentine, Leticia (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
On:
Siedlecki, Joe (TEA)
For:
Booth, Gaila (Self; North East ISD)
Bustos, Victoria (San Antonio ISD)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East ISD)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association and Texas School Counselor Association)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jill (Self; NAMI Austin)
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For:
Meroney, Shannon (Self)
Nelson, Tom (Self)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Owens, Serenity (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Robillard, Rachel (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Straus, Stephen (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Yeager, Peter (Self; South san antonio chamber of commerce)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
York, Ruth (Self)
On:
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Marx, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Doctors for Change)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Rifkin, Laura (Self; Vida Clinic)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Young, Audrey (Self; Nacogdoches ISD)
Against:
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Hemphill, Sheila (Texas Right To Know)
Hemphill, Sheila (Texas Right To Know)
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On:
Hoffman, Shannon (The hogg foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texaa Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association and Texas School Counselor Association)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Horne, Jeremy (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas COUNCIL OF Community Centers)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jill (Self; NAMI Austin)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Walker, Nancy (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Ayres, Monica (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Baker, Albert (Self)
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Against:
Beardon, Jesse (Self)
Bezuidenhout, Laura (Self)
Bezuidenhout, Yeager (Self)
Cannon, Kent (Self)
Carlin, Gary (Self)
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Convery, Marcela (Self)
De Armon, Julianne (Self)
De Armon, Michael (Self)
De Ruiter Zylker, Eric (Self)
DEWITT, Lauren (Self)
Elias, Samantha (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Fischer, Candace (Self)
Garcia, Mercedes (Self)
Guerrero, Anne (Self)
Henslee, August (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Imken, Mike (Self)
King, Randy (Self)
Kirkconnell, Karah (Self)
LeFebvre, Jean (Self)
Lennon, James (Self; Kingwood TEA Party)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self)
Mazerand, Stephane (Self)
McFadyen, Barbara (Self)
Michael, Patricia (Self)
Moore, Norman (Self)
Neikirk, George (Self)
Pieters, Kasper (Self)
Platt, Michelle (Self)
Schoenfield, John (Self)
Scouras, Deborah (Self)
Spiller, Courtney (Self)
Spiller, Pam (Self; CCHR Texas)
Stewart, Eric (Self)
Stewart, Stacey (Self)
Szombathy, Alkoto (Self; Cody Builders Supply)
Tolpeeva, Natalia (Self)
Travers, Salila (Self)
Wadhwani, Savita (Self)
Whittier, Eric (Self)
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Against:
Wood, Richard (Self)
Wright, Dorothy (Self)
York, Ruth (Self)
Zylker, Jessica (Self)
On:
Bhakta, Nimisha (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Montano, Matt (TEA)
For:
Austin, Tori (San Antonio ISD)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Schaper, Wayne (Instructional Material Coordinators' Association of Texas (IMCAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East ISD)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Miller, Naomi (Northside ISD)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Patterson, Jerod (Texas Rural Education Association)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Assciation of School Business Officials)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Edmonson, David (TechNet)
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Against:
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
King, Randy (Self)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
On:
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
York, Ruth (Self)
For:
Bird, Sofia (Self; Deeds not words-intern)
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Doctors for Change)
Hemphill, Sheila (Texas Right To Know)
Hemphill, Sheila (Texas Right To Know)
Lindsay, Thomas (Self; Texas public policy fdn.)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Young, Audrey (Self; Nacogdoches ISD)
Against:
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Hoffman, Shannon (The hogg foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texaa Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association and Texas School Counselor Association)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Horne, Jeremy (Self)
Johnson, Lee (Texas COUNCIL OF Community Centers)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
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For:
Lam, Wilson (Self)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McFarland, Jill (Self; NAMI Austin)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Ayres, Monica (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Baker, Albert (Self)
Beardon, Jesse (Self)
Bezuidenhout, Laura (Self)
Bezuidenhout, Yeager (Self)
Cannon, Kent (Self)
Carlin, Gary (Self)
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Convery, Marcela (Self)
De Armon, Julianne (Self)
De Armon, Michael (Self)
De Ruiter Zylker, Eric (Self)
DEWITT, Lauren (Self)
Elias, Samantha (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Fischer, Candace (Self)
Garcia, Mercedes (Self)
Guerrero, Anne (Self)
Henslee, August (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Imken, Mike (Self)
King, Randy (Self)
Kirkconnell, Karah (Self)
LeFebvre, Jean (Self)
Lennon, James (Self; Kingwood TEA Party)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self)
Mazerand, Stephane (Self)
McFadyen, Barbara (Self)
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Against:
Michael, Patricia (Self)
Moore, Norman (Self)
Neikirk, George (Self)
Pieters, Kasper (Self)
Platt, Michelle (Self)
Schoenfield, John (Self)
Scouras, Deborah (Self)
Spiller, Courtney (Self)
Spiller, Pam (Self; CCHR Texas)
Stewart, Eric (Self)
Stewart, Stacey (Self)
Szombathy, Alkoto (Self; Cody Builders Supply)
Tolpeeva, Natalia (Self)
Travers, Salila (Self)
Wadhwani, Savita (Self)
Whittier, Eric (Self)
Wood, Richard (Self)
Wright, Dorothy (Self)
Zylker, Jessica (Self)
On:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Spanko, Audrey (NASW)
Young, Audrey (Self; Nacogdoches ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Armenta, Kathleen (Self; National Association of Social Workers)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hulin, Lara (Self; National Association of Social Workers)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
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For:
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Turner, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
King, Randy (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Hickman, Kelly (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Association of School Business Officials, Texas Association of
School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East ISD)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jill (Self; NAMI Austin)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
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For:
Patterson, Jerod (Texas Rural Education Association)
Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Hanson, Terri (Texas Education Agency)
Marx, David (Texas Education Agency)
Parrish, Melody (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Burks, Rex (Self; Simms ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East ISD)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Patterson, Jerod (Texas Rural Education Association)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Crowe, Jamie (TEA)
Roska, Linda (Texas education agency)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Schaper, Wayne (Instructional Material Coordinators' Association of Texas (IMCAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East ISD)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Fisher, Tracy (Self)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Patterson, Jerod (Texas Rural Education Association)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East ISD)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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For:
Patterson, Jerod (Texas Rural Education Association)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Schaper, Wayne (Instructional Material Coordinators' Association of Texas (IMCAT))
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Caruthers, James (Children at Risk)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Franklin, Allison (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texaa Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association and Texas School Counselor Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Montano, Matt (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Carlin, Gary (Self)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Maska, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bocchini, Claire (Self; Doctors for Change)
Erickson collins, Christel (Self; Austin justice coalition)
McMahan, Joseph (Mission:Readiness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Baker, Albert (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Cannon, Kent (Self)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Convery, Marcela (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
DEWITT, Lauren (Self)
Ellzey, Gareth (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Henslee, August (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Kimball, Mandi (Children At Risk)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Lam, Wilson (Self)
LeFebvre, Jean (Self)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Long, Matt (Self)
Mccabe, Libby (Early Matters Dallas)
McFadyen, Barbara (Self)
McFarland, Jill (Self; NAMI Austin)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Propes, Jay (IHRSA)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Romo, Joel (The Cooper Institute)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Schauer, Tim (Self; Healthy Living Matters)
Schoenfield, John (Self)
Scouras, Deborah (Self)
Sikes, Chloe (Self)
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For:
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Smith, Michelle (Self; Action for Healthy Kids)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society, Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Warner, Freddy (Memorial Hermann Health System)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Dockery, Crystal (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Main, Crystal (Self)
Roberts, Cary (Texas Association of Election Administrators)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Maska, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Bugen, Claire (Texas School for the Deaf)
Daugherty, William (Texas School for thr Blind and Visually Impaired)
Wolf, Angie (Self; TSD Governing Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)
For:
Cerami, Lori (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Hassett, Kristi (Self)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD)
Willis, Randy (Self; Granger ISD, Texas Rural Education Association)
Against:
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
On:
Gray, Paul (Self; Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Edmonson, David (TechNet)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Gilcrease, Buck (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Lee, Michael (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Apple, Inc.)
Schaper, Wayne (Instructional Material Coordinators' Association of Texas (IMCAT))
Singleton, Betsy (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
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Against:
Hedtke, Amy (Self)
For:
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
On:
Simcock, Matthew (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Barthulu, Claudia (Self; Comal ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Long, Matt (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT))
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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