WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March 19, 2019 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Johnson, Windy (Texas conference of urban counties)
Leal, Martha (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Turner, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Webster, Richard (Austin ISD Board of Trustees)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Craven, Morgan (Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA))
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Stone, Ellen (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Flores, Lisa (Easter Seals Central TX)
Leal, Martha (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice coalition)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Newman, Joshua (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Parrish, Melody (TEA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fisher, Tracy (TASB, Coppell ISD)
Ramos, Eduardo (TASBO and Pflugerville ISD)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Leal, Martha (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Villanueva, Chandra (CPPP)
Webster, Richard (Austin ISD Board of Trustees)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gardner, Dennette (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
On:
Craven, Morgan (Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Melissa (Self)
Bacon, Katherine (Self)
Bateman, Stephanie (Self)
Becker, Liza (Self)
Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Carrasquillo, Dawn (Self)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Conner, Carrie (Self; TCA)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Dossman, Elizabeth (Self)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Ducloux, Simone (Self)
Edwards, Taylor (Self)
Elder, Jodie (Self)
Elder, Jodie (Self)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Garcia, Natalie (Self)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Gregory, Andrew (Self; Texas counseling association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harville, Michelle (Self)
Hatley, Amanda (Self)
Hatley, Kimberly (Self; Coppell Counseling Center)
Henderson, Susan (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Jangha, Awa (Self)
Jeane, Martin (Self)
Johnson, Eric (Self)
Leal, Martha (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McClendon, Levi (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Moshtaghii, Kristina (Self)
Page, Jefrey (Self)
Piatt, Mary (Self)
Poe, Janet M (Self)
Proctor, Carrie (Self)
Reyna, Stephanie (Self; ASCA, Graduate Student UT)
Robinson, Heather (Self; American School Counselor Association)
Rodriguez, Sarah (BISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Stewart, Ebony (Self; TCA)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Synnestvedt, Molly (Self)
Thweatt, Darlene (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Whitely, Ruth (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
Menendez, Fatima (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
On:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Kofron, Margaret (Self)
Kofron, Margaret (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Somerville, Dean (Self)
Zuniga, Lourdes (Self; Financial Literacy Coalition of Central Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blackmon, Renee (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bush, Scott (Self; President, Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association)
Dougherty, Meghan (Self)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Fowler, Meredyth (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leal, Martha (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Morgan, Tom (Self; American Collectors Association of Texas)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Smith, Jennifer (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
On:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hoffman, Courtney (Texas ALTA)
RabbWiggins, Vickie (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Barrier, Pamela (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Flores, Lisa (Easter Seals Central TX)
Klare, Mike (Self)
Leal, Martha (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Marsel, Alice (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Meroney, Mike (Self)
Meroney, Shannon (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Milligan, Anne (Self)
Monteith, Karen (Self)
Muniz, Yvonnilda (Self)
Owens, Serenity (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
For:
Baker, Jennifer (CTAT)
Bevel, Kasi (Career and Technical Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
On:
Crowe, Jamie (TEA)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Franklin, Ryan (Texas Education Agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Montano, Matt (Tea)
Williams, Tiffany (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Flores, Lisa (Easter Seals Central TX)
Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Muniz, Yvonnilda (Self)
Sanchez, Chris (Sibme)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
On:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Adams, Shay (Self; Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Gay, Richard (TASBO)
Morris, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Spiegel, Jamie (Round Rock ISD)
Steed, Caleb (TASBO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Wright, Eric (National IPA)
Wright, Eric (National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP))
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Smith, R Clint (Abilene Chamber of Commerce)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Adams, Shay (Self; Texas Association of School Business Officials)
RabbWiggins, Vickie (Self)
Ramos, Eduardo (TASBO and Pflugerville ISD)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Barrier, Pamela (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hoffman, Courtney (Texas ALTA)
Klare, Mike (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Marsel, Alice (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Meroney, Mike (Self)
Meroney, Shannon (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Milligan, Anne (Self)
Monteith, Karen (Self)
Owens, Serenity (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Villanueva, Chandra (CPPP)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
On:
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Torres, Tony (San Benito Consolidated Independent School District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Kuehler, Marie (Comal ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Ramos, Eduardo (TASBO and Pflugerville ISD)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Moriaty, Laura (Texas Education Agency)
Rodriguez, David (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Collum, Tera (Self; Teachers for Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McKinney, Sharon (Self; Port Aransas ISD)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ramos, Eduardo (TASBO & Pflugerville ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Levels, Levatta (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice coalition)
Thomas, Angela (Self; PACE youth programs inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bonton, Shirley (Self)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Pitts, Jim (CAN academies)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Stone, Ellen (Texas Appleseed)
Turner, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fisher, Tracy (TASB, Coppell ISD)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
On:
Crowe, Jamie (TEA)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Jones, Adam (IteachTexas)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Joiner, Caroline (Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA))
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Webster, Richard (Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
On:
Franklin, Ryan (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Parrish, Melody (TEA)
For:
Milam, Jessi (Self; Utopia ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Crabill, AJ (TEA)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Dossey, Matt (Self; Jonesboro ISD)
Grubbs, Travis (High island isd)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
McKinney, Sharon (Self; Port Aransas ISD)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Against:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Johnson, Windy (Texas conference of urban counties)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Turner, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Webster, Richard (Austin ISD Board of Trustees)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Craven, Morgan (Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA))
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
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