WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Public Education Committee
May 6, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For :
Ayres, Shannon (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Baker, Kyle (Self)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Giles, Laura (Self)
Jones jr, Troy (Self)
Pezdek, Heidi (Self)
Richards, Diana (Self; Texas Eduction 911)
Wallace, Bonnie (Self; Recover America)
Wiltse, Colby (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Against :
Anderson, Minda (Self)
De La Garza, John Taylor (Self)
Foote, Carolyn (Self)
Giles, Mandy (Self)
Giles, Mars (Self)
Goldberg, Romy (Self)
Hornor, Heather (Self)
Laeky, Miriam (Self; Equality Texas)
McLaughlin, Amanda (Self)
Miller, Brooke (Self)
Miller, Matilda (Self)
Oakes, Cory (Self; Authors Against Book Bans)
Preston, Rachel (Self)
Russey, Anne (Self; Texas Freedom to Read Project)
Schaffer, Shan (Self)
Smoot, Madeline (Self; BookPeople)
Strong, Frank (Self)
Woodard, Mary (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Benton, Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Clary, Judah (Self; True Texas Project)
Cornelius, Mari (Self)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Davis, Pastor Jim (Self; Grace Bible Church)
Densin, Clark (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; TRUE TEXAS PROJECT)
Hunt, Daniel (Self)
Kratky, Jennifer (Self; True Texas Project)
Leavy, Randi (Self)
Lopez, Kaden (Self; Texas Family Project)
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
McCormick, Matthew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Petsch, Tara (Self; Moms for Liberty - Texas)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Reitze, Alison (Self)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Richter, Cheryl (Self)
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Rogers, David (Self; True Texas Project)
Sachs, Caplin (Self)
Sachs, Michael (Self)
Sachs, Miriah (Self)
Schulte, Tara (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Sivadge, Vanessa (Self; Protecting texas children)
Slape, Christie (Self; Moms for Liberty - Texas)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Turner, John (Self; True Texas Project)
Unda, Maria (Self)
Against :
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
Aguilar, Salem (Self)
Aguirre, Alexis (Self)
Ajaz, Fuaad (Self)
Anderson, Bob (Self)
Avila, Sofia (Self)
Azazel, Lillith (Self)
Bandit, Brigitte (Self)
Barboza, Christopher (Self)
Beatty, Ngozi (Self)
Beck, Sarah (Self)
Bernabe, Allen (Self)
Bernard, Jennifer (Self)
Berrios, Felicity (Self)
Bier, Marti (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Bitz, Ritzy (Self)
Blackstone, Rachel (Self)
Blu, Mary (Self)
Bonilla, Grace (Self; Texas Impact)
Brown, Lisa (Self)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Burger, Jennifer (Self)
Burns, Kaidan (Self)
Calamari, Shawn (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cass, Melody (Self)
Cass, William (Self)
Castleberry, Mandy (Self)
Cerda, Aly (Self)
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
Chen, Kevin (Self)
Cisneros, Salem (Self)
Cleveland, Danny (Self)
Cleveland, Sarah (Self)
Cockrell, Danielle (Self)
Cofield, Melanie (Self)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Coin, Kellin (Self)
Comperry, Chris (Self)
Cook, Spenser (Self)
Cornett, Savvy (Self)
Cosme, Helena (Self)
Cruz, Dominic (Self)
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Cuevas, Avital (Self)
Daniel, Izzy (Self)
Del Carpio, Chris (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dickson, Marissa (Self)
Duke, Stephen (Self)
Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)
Elliot, Beau (Self)
Elora, Aeon (Self)
Etheredge, Holly (Self)
Etheredge, Jon (Self)
F, Sabine (Self)
Famous Bob, World (Self)
Fantasia Wood, Queen (Self)
Fiedler, Levi (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Fishkind, Julia (Self)
Flores, Zion (Self)
Foster, Maxim (Self)
Frumkin, Samuel (Self)
Gale, Zenyth (Self)
Garcia, Surya (Self)
Garcia, Yesenia (Self)
Gibson, Jenson (Self)
Giles, Indigo (Self)
Gillard, Savannah (Self)
Glessner, Kim (Self)
Gonyaw, Gigi (Self)
Gonzalez, Manuel (Self)
Gonzalez, Richard (Self)
Goodman, Trevor (Self)
Guajardo, Austin (Self)
Guajardo, David (Self)
Guajardo, Jordan (Self)
Guajardo, Nelda (Self)
Guajardo, Raelyn (Self)
Guerrero, Amelie (Self)
Gutterman, Lauren (Self)
Harden, Cedrick (Self)
Harris, Stephanie (Self)
Haskins, Ace (Self)
Hatch, Marian (Self)
Hawes, Laney (Self)
Heilrayne, Arwyn (Self)
Heilrayne, Julia (Self)
Henderson, Mikayla (Self)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Hernandez, Jacob (Self)
Herrera, David (Self)
Herrera, Juventina (Self)
Herron, Juno (Self)
Hillman, Susan (Self)
Hinze, Xana (Self)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Russell (Self)
Hoover, Tamara (Self)
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House, Skylar (Self)
Hughes, Cade (Self)
Hushka, Callijo (Self)
Immel, Jacob (Self)
Jackson, Kevin (Self)
Janak, Mason (Self)
Jennings, Nicholas (Self)
Jeter, Mars (Self)
Jha, Shalene (Self)
Johnson, Florence (Self)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER TX)
Juraska, AJ (Self)
Kanter, Laura (Self)
Kaplan, Judith (Self)
Khamphilavong, Kaylon (Self)
Kiker, Francesca (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Klose, Joanna (Self)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self)
Knight, Aries (Self)
Labyer, James (Self)
LaQueene, Maxine (Self)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Lauener, Autumn (Self; Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Scholars)
Lea, Maggie (Self)
Lopez Valdez, Daniella (Self; Brownsville Independent School District)
Luan, Midnight (Self)
Macias, Dylan (Self)
Mackey, Caysey (Self)
Manjarrez, Jesus (Self)
Marguiles, Jennifer (Self; Texas Jews for Democracy)
Martinez, Laura (Self)
Mattlock, Madisen (Self)
McArdle, Kate (Self)
McMurray, Elaine (Self)
Miller, Laura (Self)
Mirto, Sophia (Self)
Mollberg, Nick (Self)
Morales, Alan (Self)
Morales, Joe (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Mulder, Stephennie (Self)
Nelson, Adele (Self)
Neufeld, Jessica (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self; Grandparents for Public Schools)
Onyisi, Peter (Self)
Padron, Armando (Self)
Pelton, Wynter (Self)
Peregoy, Allison (Self)
Pereira, Pietra (Self)
Perez, Sadie (Self)
Perez, Toya (Self)
Perez, Vivianna (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
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Pogas, Constantinos (Self)
Pritchett, Brad (Self; Equality Texas)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)
Quintanilla, Kennedy (Self)
Raby, Megan (Self)
Ramirez, Damien (Self)
Rayne, Karen (Self)
Rejsek, Charley (Self; BookPeople)
Reyes, Robert (Self)
Richardson, R (Self)
Richie, Landon (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)
Riviera, Simone (Self)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)
Robinson, Kristine (Self)
Rodriguez, Enoch (Self)
Rodriguez, Katherine (Self)
Rojas, Lindsay (Self)
Rose, Desiree (Self)
Sais, Journey (Self)
Salazar, Oscar (Self)
Salvatore, Serina (Self)
Samuels, Cameron (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Sanchez, Ashley (Self)
Santa Maria, Michelle (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Schnurr, Evan (Self)
Scissors, Lizzi (Self)
Segel, Emily (Self)
Selby, Mary (Self)
Sepulveda, Sofia (Self)
Speed, Marcus (Self)
Staff, Jordan (Self)
Stayer, Sarah (Self)
Steinfeld, Era (Self)
Stevenson, Sara (Self)
Stone, Jake (Self)
Switek, Elizabeth (Self)
Teran, Victor (Self)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Thornton, Bis (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Thurber, Juliette (Self)
Thye, Asher (Self)
Tincopa, AD (Girls Empowerment Network)
Trevino, Izar (Self)
Truong, Tyler (Self)
Truskett, C (Self)
Truskett, V (Self)
Valdez, Dom (Self)
VanKoughnett, Paul (Self)
Vela, Eugenia (Self)
Velasquez, Ryan (Self)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Vinson, Kris (Self)
Waid, Mandy (Self)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
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Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Williams, Eric (Self)
Williams, Joshua (Self)
Witt, Emily (Self)
Wynne, Brendan (Self)
Young, Caitlin (Self)
Young, Jessica (Self)
Yrrobali, Lavender (Self)
Zaner, Dylan (Self)
Zhou, Amy (Self)
On :
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
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