WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            May 15, 2023 - 10:00 AM

            SB 55

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism society of texas)

                                 Burek, Susan (Self)

                                 Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                                 Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

            SB 200

                 For:

                                 Arevalo, Daniel (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Benkert, Nickoli (Self; Young Invincibles)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Feinstein, Jonathan (The Education Trust)

                                 Goforth, Patricia (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                                 Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Mayer, Elizabeth (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            SB 336

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Burek, Susan (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

                 On:

                                 Graves, Jeffery (UT Austin)

            SB 427

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Blaisdell, Manya (Self)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

            SB 458

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Ray (TX Association of Community Colleges)

                 Against:

                                 Henry, Erin (Career Colleges & Schools of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Henderson, John (Self; Torch)

                 Against:

                                 Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet Health)

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Blaisdell, Manya (Self)

                                 Valdez, Jerry (Career Colleges & Schools of Texas)

                                 Weller, Meghan (HCA Healthcare)

                 On:

                                 Mayer, Elizabeth (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Rose, Denise (Community Health Systems)

            SB 532

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism society of texas)

                                 Burek, Susan (Self)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)

                                 Goforth, Patricia (Self)

                                 Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Laroche, Sebastien (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                                 Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)

                                 McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))

                 On:

                                 Contero-Puls, Chad (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            SB 999

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Burek, Susan (Self)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)

                                 Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

            SB 1565

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Barsalou, Denee (Self)

                                 Margolis, Eve (Self)

            SB 1987

                 On:

                                 Mayer, Elizabeth (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Saenz, Jenn (Hallmark University)

                                 Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

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