WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 16, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Sass, Emily (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Luke, Charles (Self; Coalition for Public Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Pitts, John R. (Stafford Municipal School District)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Craven, Morgan (Texas Latino Education Coalition (TLEC))
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Biasatti, Matt (Self)
Carpenter, Robert (Self; American College of Surgeons)
Contreras, MaryAnn (Self)
Cordaway, Richard (Self)
Edwards, Courtney (Self)
Ghawi, Jordan (Self; Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council)
Glenn, Catherine (Self)
Glenn, Catherine (Self)
Hullum, Kristen (Self)
Miller, Frank (Self)
Smith, Patrick (Self)
Tomes, Kristopher (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Blair, Pete (Texas state university)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bruce, Bonnie (Texas Society of Anthesiologists)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Flippin, Ken (Self)
Flippin, Ken (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Jenkins, Donald (Self; South Texas chapter American College of Surgeons)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Matiella, David (Self; Texas Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rounds, Shaylan (U.S. Green Building Council)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Emergency Nurses Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas School Nurses Organization)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Welsh, Dinah (Self; Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
Against:
Clarke, Michael (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Cox, Dustin (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Matz, Sarah (CompTIA)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Wright, Susan (Self; Greater san antonio builders association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Painovich, Robin (Career and Technical Association of Texas)
Painovich, Robin (Career and Technical Association of Texas)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Bonner, Charlie (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self)
Matiella, David (Self; Texas Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council)
On:
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Doyel, Elizabeth (Self)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Lee, Tara (Texas Watch)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Rounds, Shaylan (U.S. Green Building Council)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
On:
La Caille, Cari-Michel (Tceq)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Cross, Elizabeth (Texas Charter Schools Association)
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)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Martinez, Pedro (San Antonio ISD)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Against:
Jones, James (Self)
Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas voices)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Green, Kerry (Sunnyvale ISD)
Williams, Doug (Self; TASA & Sunnyvale ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Carroll, Jamie (Self; Generation Citizen)
Craven, Morgan (Texas Latino Education Coalition (TLEC))
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Norris, Meredith (Self; Generation Citizen)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Molak, Maurine (Self; David's Legacy Foundation)
Morell, Michael (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Parrish, Melody (TEA)
For:
Moreno, Fernando (Self; Graduation Alliance)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Melissa (Self)
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Cheng, Ashley (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Jones, Alyssa (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Parrish, Melody (TEA)
For:
Cantu-Ondarza, Maria (Legacy Community Health)
On:
McConnell, Jocelyn (UTHealth Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Meroney, Shannon (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Spreen, Lauren (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Alexander, Cheryl (Garland ISD)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Landry, Garrett (Commit Partnership)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Philip (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Bell, Jeane (Self)
Bey, Sharon (Texas Counseling Association)
Bruhn, Rick (Self)
Caceres, Susan (Self)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
DeVoll, Michael (Self)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Associatio)
Gardiner, Carley (Self)
Gilpin, Brittany (Self)
Irwin, Shellie (Self; TCA)
Moore, Torrenzo (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Ramberg, Frances (Self)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Triebel, Joanna (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Mauze, Heather (Texas education agency)
For:
Norris, Meredith (Self; Generation Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bonner, Charlie (Self)
Bresette, Patrick (Self; Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Brooks, Jon (Self; Civics 4 y'all)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Carroll, Jamie (Self; Generation Citizen)
Cheng, Ashley (Self)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Cogan, Alex (Self)
Daughn, Madison (Self)
DeLeon, Ana (Self)
Doughty, Deirdre (Self)
Doyel, Elizabeth (Self)
Duron, Jodi (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ferris, Joseph (Self; Civics for y'all)
Fitten, Xavier (Self; Civics for yall)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Common Cause Texas)
Gunn, Kristen (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hanlon, Kate (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Helm, Travis (Self)
Julian, Lucas (Self)
Kang, Yeji (Self; Civics 4 Yall)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Martin, Jenna (Self)
Mason, Mackee (Self)
Menendez, Fatima (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Michael, Ronald (Self)
Mulin, Natalie (Self; Civics for Y'all)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rojas, Camila (Self; Civics For Yall)
Romanow, Nicholas (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Shelton, Jordan (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Street, Valerie (Texas Progressive Action Network)
Swanson, Stephanie (Self)
Thomason, David (Self; Civics 4 Yall)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Against:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Parrish, Melody (TEA)
For:
Carroll, Jamie (Self; Generation Citizen)
Ferris, Joseph (Self; Civics for y'all)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kang, Yeji (Self; Civics 4 Yall)
Mulin, Natalie (Self; Civics for Y'all)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bonner, Charlie (Self)
Bresette, Patrick (Self; Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Brooks, Jon (Self; Civics 4 y'all)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cheng, Ashley (Self)
Cogan, Alex (Self)
Daughn, Madison (Self)
DeLeon, Ana (Self)
Doughty, Deirdre (Self)
Doyel, Elizabeth (Self)
Duron, Jodi (Self)
Fitten, Xavier (Self; Civics for yall)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Common Cause Texas)
Gunn, Kristen (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hanlon, Kate (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Helm, Travis (Self)
Julian, Lucas (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Martin, Jenna (Self)
Mason, Mackee (Self)
Menendez, Fatima (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Michael, Ronald (Self)
Norris, Meredith (Self; Generation Citizen)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rojas, Camila (Self; Civics For Yall)
Romanow, Nicholas (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Shelton, Jordan (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Street, Valerie (Texas Progressive Action Network)
Swanson, Stephanie (Self)
Thomason, David (Self; Civics 4 Yall)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)
Against:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Parrish, Melody (TEA)
For:
Flippin, Ken (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Brownson, Amanda (Tx. Assoc. of School Business Officials)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
On:
Cooper, Beth (Self; The University of Texas at Austin High School)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Against:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hinojosa, Dr Michael (Dallas ISD, Dallas Co Dissolution Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Lopez, Carlos (Dallas County Schools Dissolution Committee)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Nishimura, Christine (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
On:
Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Raise Your Hand, Texas)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Sass, Emily (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Kravitz, Kelly (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Mauze, Heather (Texas education agency)
Olofson, Mark (TEA)
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Williams, Tiffany (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkinson, Richard (Self; Family To Family Network)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Clarke, Michael (Self)
Cogan, Alex (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gunn, Kristen (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hadley, Archer (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
King, David (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Meroney, Shannon (Self; Impact Dyslexia)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Swanson, Stephanie (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Wu, Grace (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Carroll, Jamie (Self; Generation Citizen)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Clarke, Michael (Self)
Cogan, Alex (Self)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
Foss, Samantha (Self)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gunn, Kristen (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Menendez, Fatima (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Norris, Meredith (Self; Generation Citizen)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Swanson, Stephanie (Self)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Against:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
On:
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Groves, Garrett (Texas association of community colleges)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Henderson, Melissa (Educate Texas and the Texas Student Success Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Galasso, Fedora (Young Invincibles)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Munoz, Lindsay (Greater Houston Partnership)
Rangel, Lauren (Easterseals Central Texas)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)
Womack, Daniel (Dow)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Morisak, Kimberly (Forney ISD)
Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Association of School Boards)
Settle, Jennifer (Self; Sunnyvale ISD)
Webber, Judith (Forney ISD)
Williams, Doug (Self; TASA & Sunnyvale ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Edmonson, David (TechNet)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Sepulveda, Rhonda (Self; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Against:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Sachtleben, Laura (Texas Society of Architects)
On:
Gaspar, Adrian (Disability Rights Texas)
Martinez-Prather, Kathy (Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University)
Martinez-Prather, Kathy (Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University)
Robbins, Paul (Self; Texas School Safety Center Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Melissa (Self)
Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Escalada Education Co. And The Second Home School for
Personalized Learning)
Bell, Jeane (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Caceres, Susan (Self)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Graham, Ann S (Self; Texans for the Arts)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Irwin, Shellie (Self; TCA)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mistich, Lainy (Self)
Moore, Torrenzo (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smith, Bernadette (Self; Texas counseling association)
Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Swanson, Stephanie (Self)
On:
Kravitz, Kelly (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Cruz, Juan (United ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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