WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
May 15, 2023 - 10:00 AM
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)
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)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Burek, Susan (Self)
1
WITNESS LIST
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
On:
Graves, Jeffery (UT Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
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)
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)
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)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
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)
3