WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 23, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Cardenas, Kassandra (Self)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)
Lakrout, Emeline (Self; UT Disability advocacy student coalition)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Marks, Lucy (Self)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
For:
Ban, Eric (Self; Commit Partnership)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Gammon, Kimberly (Self; Garland ISD)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Kelso, John (Self)
On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas/CFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boston, Jessica (Texas Association of Business)
Faz, Isaac (Self; DCCCD)
Garcia, Veronica (Good Reason Houston)
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For:
Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Against:
Long, Matt (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Pary)
Lux, Carolyn (Self)
Olson, Ken (Self)
Roninson, John (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Kelso, John (Self)
Pritchard, Lesa (Self; Texas School Counselor Association)
Ridgley, Kimberly (Self; Texas School Counseling Association)
Against:
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Castaneda, Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Roberson, Deborah (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards, Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Long, Matt (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Pary)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
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)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Guy, Linda (Self)
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Against:
Leffler, Ben (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Suh, Jinny (Self)
Waller, Lacy (Self)
Webb, Dale (Self)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Leffler, Ben (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Romero, Jason (Self)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Suh, Jinny (Self)
Waller, Lacy (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Dale (Self)
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leffler, Ben (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Romero, Jason (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Suh, Jinny (Self)
Waller, Lacy (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Dale (Self)
On:
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castaneda, Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Keller, Merily (Self; Tx Suicide Prev Council)
Leffler, Ben (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Person, Maria (Self)
Romero, Jason (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
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For:
Suh, Jinny (Self)
Waller, Lacy (Self)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kelso, John (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Kravitz, Kelly (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Against:
Heuberger, William (Self; Lamar &Red River County Crime Stoppers)
Rogers, Susan (Self; Texas Association for Crime Stoppers)
Smith, J B (Self; Texas Association for Crime Stoppers)
Yezak, Gerald (Sheriff's Association of Texas, Robertson Co. Crime Stoppers, Robertson Co.
Sheriff)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Jackson, Cody (Self; Deep East Texas Crimestoppers)
McGilvray, Damon (Self; Odessa Crime Stoppers, Inc.)
Polk, Preston (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Benson, Ray (Self; Texas Cultural Trust)
Floyd, Robert (Self; Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Coalition for Quality Arts
Education)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Parry, Jennifer (Texas Cultural Trust)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rohr-Allegrini, Cherise (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Self)
Seifert, Ray (Self; Texas Cultural Trust)
Suh, Jinny (Self)
Waller, Lacy (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
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)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Conde, Julie (Premier High Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Brown, Fred (Self; Texans Can Academy. Richard Milborn Academies)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Linn, Julie (Learn4Life)
Marino, Justin (Houston ISD)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Crowe, Jamie (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castaneda, Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Grace Jr., James (Houston Area Women's Center)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Nicholson, Karen (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Waller, Lacy (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Webb, Dale (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Friedlander, Allison (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Guy, Linda (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kelso, John (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Ranus, Karen (Self; NAMI Austin)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castaneda, Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children; and Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)
Terry, James (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
On:
Kravitz, Kelly (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Conatser, Phillip (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Zarate, Dolores (Self; Down by the Border)
On:
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Olson, Jamie (Feeding Texas)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
On:
Kravitz, Kelly (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelso, John (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Winans, Kendra (Leander Independent School District)
Against:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Borreca, Christopher (Self; Tsa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA))
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
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)
Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)
Gregg, Aaron (Texas Association of the Deaf)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
For:
Cardenas, Kassandra (Self)
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For:
Conatser, Phillip (Self)
Lakrout, Emeline (Self; UT Disability advocacy student coalition)
Zarate, Dolores (Self; Down by the Border)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (UIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA))
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)
Zavala, Gilbert (The Greater Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Marks, Lucy (Self)
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
On:
Maynard, Tom (Self; State Board of Education)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shannon, Fred (HP)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
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)
Nichols, Colby (Instructional Material Coordinators’ Association of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Castaneda, Jr, Tristan (Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)
Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Keller, Merily (Self; Tx Suicide Prevention Council)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects - Champions for Safe Children)
Nicholson (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Booker, Jerel (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Kravitz, Kelly (TEA)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hill, Rachel (Equality Texas)
Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Against:
Long, Matt (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Pary)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Paredes, Raymund (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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