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                                                                 WITNESS LIST

                SB 15

                HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

                Public Education Committee

                August 24, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

                          For :

                                      Chick, Craig (Yes. every kid.)

                                      Hinojosa, Michael (Texas School Alliance (TSA) and Texas Urban Council (TUC))

                                      Indorf, Kurtis (Self; Great Hearts Texas / Great Hearts Online)

                                      Matthews, Marga (Self)

                                      Pickren, Julie (Self)

                                      Reach, Jacob (Austin ISD)

                                      Rush, Ana (Self; Del Valle ISD)

                                      Stegner, Chloe (Self)

                                      Stegner, Lora (Self; National Coalition for Public School Options)

                          Against :

                                      Exter, Monty (ATPE)

                          On :

                                      Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                      Morath, Mike (Texas Education Agency)

                          Registering, but not testifying:

                          For :

                                      Bergland, Jennifer (Self; Texas Computer Education Association)

                                      Broughton, Whitney (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                      Brown, Celeste (Self; Compass Rose Public Schools)

                                      Case Pickens, Liz (Self)

                                      Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)

                                      Donnelly, Annemarie (Self)

                                      Foster, Linzy (Self)

                                      Garcia, Brandon (Texas public charter schools association)

                                      Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                      Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)

                                      Guy, Linda (Self)

                                      Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                      Hallman, Destiny (Self)

                                      Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)

                                      Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)

                                      List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                                      MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                      Massingill, Gavin (Edgenuity)

                                      McNeely, Eli (Self)

                                      Nelson, Elizabeth (Self; Lone Star Online Academy at Roscoe)

                                      Nobis, Tom (Self)

                                      Padgett, Jacquelyn (Self; In Good Company)

                                      Padgett, William (Self)

                                      Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                      Perez, Antoinette (Self)

                                      Perry, Courtney (Self)

                                      Plaza, Sergio (Self)

                                      Rogers, Corisha (Self)

                                      Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                      Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)

                                      Saviano, Debbie (Self)

                                      Schieffelin, Stacey (Self)

                                      Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                      Smith, Michelle (Raise Your Hand Texas)

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                                                                 WITNESS LIST

                SB 15

                HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

                Public Education Committee

                                      Spain, Diana (Self)

                                      Stanart, Gail (Self)

                                      Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                      Vessa, Cory (Self)

                                      Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

                                      Walsh, Deirdre (Self; IGC)

                                      Yandell, Madison (Self; Texas 2036)

                          Against :

                                      Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                      Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                      Kopp, Emilie (Self)

                                      Rice, Judah (Self)

                          On :

                                      Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                      Franklin, Ryan (Educate Texas at Communities Foundation of Texas)

                                      Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                      Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                                      McKenzie, Lukas (Self; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Freemasons of Northern Nevada lake tahoe.

                                      Representing every college kid in the pandemic)

                                      Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

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