WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            April 30, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            SB 54

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Webb, Dale (Self)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Porter, Justin (TEA)

            SB 372

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

            SB 435

                 For:

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Volti, Kate (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)

                 On:

                                 Hoffman, Shannon (The Hogg Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Filipelli, Laurie (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Bhakta, Nimisha (Texas Department of State Health Services)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 522

                 For:

                                 Miller, Cyral (Self; Alliance of and for Visually Impaired Texans)

                                 Toelle, Nancy (Self; Central Texas Professionals in Visual Impairment)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Webb, Dale (Self)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

            SB 1451

                 For:

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 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)

                 Against:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

            SB 1557

                 For:

                                 Ballantyne, John (Self; Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) 501(C)(3))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Keffer, Jim (City of Del Rio)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 2432

                 For:

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Craven, Morgan (Intercultural Development Research Association)

                                 Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)

                 On:

                                 Broughal, Christine (Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Texas Parent to Parent)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Easterseals of Central Texas)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

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