WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
April 29, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For :
Bledsoe, Gary (Self; Texas NAACP)
Cohen, Hayden (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Conrad, Tammy (Self)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Gray, Kayren (Round Rock ISD)
Hairston, Andrew (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self; Council on American-Islamic Relations, Texas)
Toretto, Courtney (Self; Anti-Defamation League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
Akhlaque, Saman (Self; Cair)
Albert, David (Self)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Alnahas, Salam (Self)
Anders, Terra (Self)
Arvin-Eagle, Bianca (Self)
Baiza, Abigail (Self)
Baiza, Andrew (Self)
Baker, Ava (Self)
Barake, Malak (Spark Change Project)
Bortnick, Sam (Self; Texas Jews for Democracy)
Bryant, Danielle (Self)
Bucio, Juliana (Self; Spark change project)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chavez, Yulissa (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Cohen, Jessica (Self)
Colbert, Paul (Self)
Cook, Tura (Self)
Crews, Charles (Self)
Cross, Clarice (Self; Self-teacher)
Cuevas, Avital (Self)
Cummins, Taylor (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)
Dabbakeh, Laila (Self)
Davis, Mark (Self)
Davis, Natalie (Self)
Day, Texanna (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Fabian, Veronica (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Self)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Glosser, Cole (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Hafizi, Niloufar (Self; Emgage Action and self)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Hill, Jennifer (Self)
Hoffman, Oli (Self; Texas Jews for Democracy)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
Jackson, Kevin (Self)
Jefferson, Princess (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Johnson, Tracy (DFER TX)
Jones, Noah (Texas Counseling Association)
Kim, Tricia (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Kongdara, Somprathana (Asian Texans for Justice)
Ku, Qianqian (Self)
Laeky, Miriam (Equality Texas)
Langan, Heidi (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self)
Luo, Jie (Self)
Maclaine, Nancy (Self)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Margulies, Jennifer (Self; Texas Jews for Democracy)
Martin, Mckenzie (Self)
Martinez, Annette (Self)
Mayne, Sarah (Self)
McKenzie, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Moledina, Ahmed (Self)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Mulder, Stephanie (Self)
Nabulsi, Jida (Self; Emgage)
Nelson, Adele (Self)
Neufeld, Jessie (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Richie, Landon (Self)
Rutherford, Jessica (Self; ATPE)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sanchez-Salinas, Daniela (Self)
Schaffer, Shan (Self)
Schilt-Koonce, Alison (Self)
Selby, Mary (Self)
Slaymaker, Erika (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Thomson, Susan (Self)
Thomson, Thomas (Self)
Thye, Ash (Self)
Tran, Crystal (Texas Appleseed)
Tristan, Adrian (Self)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Wei, Ce (Self)
Winick, Seth (Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)
Witt, Emily (Self)
Yi, Alice (Self; Asian Texans for Justice org)
Against :
Davis, Kaylee (Self)
On :
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
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