WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
August 24, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Arredondo-Lynch,D.D.S., Alma (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Chandler, Dan (Self)
DeHaan, Judi (Self; FACT Freedom to ACT)
Fedrick, Karole (Self; Texas eagle forum)
Finger, Jack M. (Self; San Antonio Family Association)
Garner, Donald (Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Johnson, Richard (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Kelting, Deborah (Self; Texas Republican Party)
Lawrence, Steven (Self; MCRPTX)
Lawrence, Steven (Self; Montgomery Co Republican Party Precinct 48 Chair)
Lawrence, Steven (Self)
Matthews, Marga (Baytown Republican Women)
Matthews, Marga (Self; BRW)
Montiel, Carmen (Self)
Muñoz Hopkins, Perla (Self)
Pickren, Julie (Self)
Rojas Browning, Rina (Self)
Smith, Mary (Self)
Stallone, Donna (Self; Fact Freedom to Act)
Stallone, Donna (Self)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Thomas, Teresa (Self)
Wall, Kathaleen (Self)
Against:
Akers, Cecilia Garcia (Dr hector p garcia memorial foundation)
Amphlett, Luke (Self; San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel)
Basha, Nicholas (Self; Texas Rising)
Brown, Celeste (Self; Compass Rose Public Schools)
Clemmons, Jeffrey (Self; Huston-Tillotson NAACP)
Craven, Morgan (Intercultural Development Research Association)
Davis, Aicha (Self)
De los Ángeles Quezada, María (Self)
Epstein, Eliza (Self)
Galvan, Ric (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Self; Texas Rising)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hermes, Lisa (Self; McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hermes, Lisa (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
Lopez, Alejandra (Self; San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel)
Matthews, Marga (Self)
Odom, Jr., Don (Self)
Ramon, Ana (Self; Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition)
Ramon, Ana (Self; Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition)
Rogers, Corisha (Self)
Rogers, Corisha (Self)
Stern, Maggie (Self; Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Valenzuela, Angela (Self)
On:
Buntrock, James (Self; Texas Pastor Council, Glorious Way Church)
Ellis, Kevin (SBOE)
Saviano, Debbie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Paula (Self)
Fierro, Abbie (Self)
Fierro, Francisco (Self)
Fierro, Martha (Self)
Gardner, Alison (Self)
Hallman, Destiny (Self)
Hallman, Destiny (Self)
Holman, Tom (Self)
Jordana, Sarah (Self)
Licciardi, Craig (Self)
Long, Matt (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
McKenzie, Lukas (Self; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Freemasons of Northern Nevada lake tahoe.
Representing every college kid in the pandemic)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Roberts, Beverly (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Schieffelin, Stacey (Self)
Smith, Nicole (Self)
Stanart, Gail (Self)
Vasquez, Maria del socorro (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Against:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Bercu, Stephani (Self)
Broughton, Whitney (Texas Association of School Boards)
Bryant, Rebekah (Self)
Carlisle, Geoffrey (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Carmona, Gordy (Self; Stripes of Pride)
Carranza, Sergio (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chavez, Sarah (Self)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Donnelly, Annemarie (Self)
Duran, Stephanie (Self)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Impact)
Fogleman, Elise (Self)
Foster, Linzy (Self)
Frederick, H (Self)
Freeman, Noel (Self)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Giese, Caroline (Self; Houston young democratic women)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Giles, Indigo (Self)
Gonzales, Rachel (Self)
Grantham, Gabriel (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition, San Antonio ISD)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Herrera, Isabel (Self; Texas Rising)
Higgins (Self)
Hill, Rachel (Self)
Hinojosa, Michael (Texas School Alliance (TSA) and Texas Urban Council (TUC))
Holguin, Eric (Self; Lulac para todos)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Khogali-Mustafa, Ananas (Self; Deeds Not Words)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Klosterboer, Brian (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self)
Martinez, Valerie (Self)
Matherne, Brenda (Self)
Matherne, James (Self)
McNeely, Eli (Self)
Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Naranjo, Katie (Travis County Democratic Party)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Payne, Katherina (Self)
Perez, Adriano (Self; Aclu of texas)
Perez, Antoinette (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Pierce, Suzanne (Self)
Plaza, Sergio (Self)
Pritchett, Brad (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Rice, Judah (Self)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)
Sabo, Jason (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Stanton, Lisa (Self)
Steck, Patrick (Deans for Impact)
Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Villanueva, Chandra (Every Texan)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Welles, Loren (Self)
Zamora, Emilio (Self)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Educatio Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Alexander, Kelli (Self)
Brown, Curtis (Self)
Buntrock, James (Self; Texas Pastor Council, Glorious Way Church)
Capper, David (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)
Chandler, Dan (Self)
Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Ehardt, Barbara (Representative State of Idaho)
Evans, Jennifer (Self; Save womens sports)
Fierro, Francisco (Self)
Fierro, Martha (Self)
Finger, Jack M. (Self; San Antonio Family Association)
Garner, Donald (Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition)
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For:
Hudgens, Nicole (Family Policy Alliance)
Jordana, Sarah (Self)
Kimball, Sandra (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Lopez, Esdras (Self)
Mendez, Ruben (Self)
Mendez, Susan (Self)
Pickren, Julie (Self)
Robinson, Karon (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Sims, Renate (Self)
Smith, Mary (Self)
Sousa, Amy (Self; Save Women's Sports)
Stallone, Donna (Self; Fact Freedom to Act)
Stallone, Donna (Self)
Stelzer, Beth (Save Women's Sports)
Stuart, Kevin (Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Thomas, Teresa (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Wall, Kathaleen (Self)
Against:
Asher, Kayden (Self)
Atkinson, Steve (Self)
Bercu, Joel (Self)
Bercu, Stephani (Self)
Bersoux, Alec (Self)
Brown, Celeste (Self; Compass Rose Public Schools)
Bryant, Rebekah (Self)
Bryant, Sunny (Self)
Carlisle, Geoff (Self)
Carmona, Gordy (Self; Stripes of Pride)
Dawson, Fiona (Self; Equality Texas)
Elder, Helen Ann (Self)
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
Foster, Linzy (Self)
Giles, Indigo (Self)
Giles, Mandy (Self; PFLAG Houston)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Iris, Ashley (Self)
James, Isaac (Self; GLSEN Austin)
Johnson, Remington (Self)
Klosterboer, Brian (Self; ACLU of Texas)
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Against:
Lackey, Holt (Self; Equality Texas)
Lieberman, Anne (Athlete Ally)
Linnell, Marjan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; Equality Texas)
Matthews, Marga (Self)
Miranda, Stephen (Self)
Mongonia, Kennedi (Self)
Najjab, David (Self; Gearbox Entertainment)
Nijjab, David (Self; Gearbox Entertainment)
Perez, Adriano (Self; Aclu of texas)
Ramsey, Nicholas (Self; Austin LGBTQ Chamber)
Regis, Katherine (Self)
Rind, Danielle (Self)
Robins, Abi (Self)
Robinson, Jane (Self)
Rogers, Corisha (Self)
Schelling, Emmett (Self; TENT)
Segovia, Andrea (Self; TENT)
Skidmore, Danielle (Self)
Stanton, Lisa (Self)
Stanton, Maya (Self)
Stern, Maggie (Self; Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Villela, Gilbert (Self)
Vladyka, Leigh (Self)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (UIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arredondo-Lynch, D.D.S., Alma (Self)
Barrett, Patricia (Self; Precint chair 620)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Clark, Paula (Self)
COLON, JESSICA B. (Self)
DeHaan, Judi (Self; FACT Freedom to ACT)
Durst, Vi.ckie (Self)
Faussett, Robert (Save Women's Sports)
Fedrick, Karole (Self; Texas eagle forum)
Fierro, Abbie (Self)
Gardner, Alison (Self)
Hallman, Destiny (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Holman, Tom (Self)
Hyatt, Rebecca (Self; Biz pacus)
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For:
Kelting, Deborah (Self; Texas Republican Party)
Montiel, Carmen (Self)
Moore, Paula (Self; CWA)
Nobis, Tom (Self; The Republican Party of Texas)
Pettyjohn, Jana (Self)
Pickup, David (Self; Alliance for Therapeutic Choice)
Roberts, Beverly (Self)
Rojas Browning, Rina (Self)
Saviano, Debbie (Self)
Schieffelin, Stacey (Self)
Smith, Nicole (Self)
Stanart, Gail (Self)
Torres, Judy (Self)
Ulrey, Wanda (Self)
Vasquez, Maria del socorro (Self)
Veldhouse Gum, China (Self)
Against:
Amphlett, Luke (Self; San Antonio Alliance)
Anderson Jr., Brian (Self)
Aslam, Muneeb (Self)
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (Texas State Teachers Association)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Basha, Nicholas (Self; Texas Rising)
Butler, Meagan (Self)
Carranza, Sergio (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chavez, Sarah (Self)
Costner, Mitchell (Self)
Cothron, Annaliese (Self)
Coyne, Katie (Self)
Craven, Morgan (Intercultural Development Research Association)
Crawford, Dean (Self)
Delinski, Kimberly (Self)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Donnelly, Annemarie (Self)
Dowling, Aydian (Self)
Duran, Stephanie (Self)
Ehresman, Katya (Self)
EPSTEIN, ELIZA (Self)
Epstein, Eliza (Self)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Impact)
Fogleman, Elise (Self)
Frederick, H (Self; Out Youth)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Freeman, Noel (Self)
Friend, Lillian (Self)
Galvan, Ric (Self)
Garcia, Andrea (Self)
Garcia, Liam (Self)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Giese, Caroline (Self; Houston young democratic women)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Gonzales, Frank (Self; Human Rights Campaign-Parents for Transgender Equality Council)
Gonzales, James (Self)
Gonzales, Kathryn (Self; Out Youth)
Gonzales, Rachel (Self; Human Rights Campaign parents for transgender equality council)
Grantham, Gabriel (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hale, Angela (Equality texas)
Hermes, Lisa (Self; McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
Herrera, Isabel (Self; Texas Rising)
Higgins (Self)
Hill, Rachel (Self)
Holguin, Eric (Self; Lulac para todos)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Humphrey, Patrick (Vivent Health)
Kapostasy, Sarah (Self)
Khogali-Mustafa, Ananas (Self; Deeds Not Words)
Kopp, Emilie (Self)
Krajcer, Christopher (Self)
Krajcer, Karen (Self)
La Santa, Anthony (Self)
Langlinais, Ashlie (Self)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lopez, Alejandra (Self; San Antonio Alliance)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Self; Human Rights Campaign)
Martinez, Valerie (Self)
Matherne, Brenda (Self)
Matherne, James (Self)
McKenzie, Lukas (Self; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Freemasons of Northern Nevada lake tahoe.
Representing every college kid in the pandemic)
McNeely, Eli (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Naranjo, Katie (Travis County Democratic Party)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Osorio, Javier (Self)
Padgett, Jacquelyn (Self; In Good Company)
Padgett, William (Self)
Pemberton, Hannah (Self)
Perez, Antoinette (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Pham, Nathan (Self)
Pierce, Suzanne (Self)
Plaza, Sergio (Self)
Pollack, Jordyn (Self)
Pollack, Marc (Self)
Pritchett, Brad (Self)
Ramon, Ana (Self; Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition)
Rhodes, Christopher (Self)
Rice, Judah (Self)
Rivera, Anaka (Self)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)
Ruiz, Julia (Self)
Sanders, Suzanne (Self)
Shead, James (Self)
Shead, Matthew (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Steck, Patrick (Self)
Steel, Benjamin (Self)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women of Texas)
Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Velez-Rivera, Krisia (Self)
Villanueva, Chandra (Every Texan)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Walsh, Deirdre (Self; IGC)
Wollerson, Brandon (Self)
Zamora, Emilio (Self)
On:
Licciardi, Craig (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Ovalles, Claudia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Buntrock, James (Self; Texas Pastor Council, Glorious Way Church)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Fedrick, Karole (Self; Texas eagle forum)
Hallman, Destiny (Self)
Kelting, Deborah (Self; Texas Republican Party)
Thomas, Teresa (Self)
On:
Pickren, Julie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Bryant, Rebekah (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Donnelly, Annemarie (Self)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Foster, Linzy (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition, San Antonio ISD)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
McKenzie, Lukas (Self; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Freemasons of Northern Nevada lake tahoe.
Representing every college kid in the pandemic)
McNeely, Eli (Self)
Padgett, Jacquelyn (Self; In Good Company)
Padgett, William (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Antoinette (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Plaza, Sergio (Self)
Roberts, Beverly (Self)
Rogers, Corisha (Self)
Saviano, Debbie (Self)
Schieffelin, Stacey (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spain, Diana (Self)
Stanart, Gail (Self)
Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women of Texas)
Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Walsh, Deirdre (Self; IGC)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Carmona, Gordy (Self; Stripes of Pride)
Holman, Tom (Self)
Kopp, Emilie (Self)
Licciardi, Craig (Self)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Rice, Judah (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
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)
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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