WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Higher Education Committee
May 6, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For :
Butler, Carrie (Self)
Johnson, Richard (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Martinez, Paola (Self)
Rodriguez, Will (Self; Texas A&M Student Government Association)
Sylvester, Sherry (Texas Public Policy Foundatiin)
Against :
Achar, Caro (ACLU of Texas)
Albert, David (Self)
Baldwin, Debra Romanick (Self)
Bastone, Gina (Self)
Berman, Emily (Self)
Bledsoe, Gary (Texas NAACP)
Braaten, Daniel (Self)
Bright, Leonard (Self)
Brookins, Julia (Self; American Historical Association)
Burger, Jennifer (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chavez, Karma (Self)
Chin, Wynne (Self)
Cordova, Cary (Self)
Datla, Vivek (Texas Legislative Education Equity Coaliation)
DiSanza, Maggie (Self; Texas state employees union)
Escamilla, Edwin (Self)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Fagelson, Bill (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Gonzalez, Maria (Self)
Gore, Andrea (Self)
Gutterman, Lauren (Self)
Heilrayne, Arwyn (Self)
Iverson, Brent (Self)
Jordan, Makya (Self; University of Texas at Dallas, Student Government)
Juarez, Romeo (Self)
Kafer, Alison (Self)
Klein, James (Self)
Klieman, Kairn (Self)
Ladue, Matthew (Self)
Lauener, Autumn (Self; Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Scholars)
Liu, Allen (Self; NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND)
Lopez Cepero, Myles (Self)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers -Texas)
Martinez, Laura (Self)
Martinez-Ebers, Valerie (Self)
McArdle, Kate (Self)
Mckiernan - Gonzalez, John (Self)
Mcneal, Keith (Self)
McSpadden, Victoria (Self; UT Dallas Student Government)
Mehdy, Mona (Self)
Miller, Brooke (Self)
Minivh, Julie (Self)
Mulder, Stephennie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Higher Education Committee
Nelson, Adele (Self)
Newman, Martha (Self)
Onyisi, Peter (Self)
Osseo-Asare, Abena (Self)
Perez hodge, Alicia (Self; Texas LULAC Education Commmittee)
Prado, Maximiliano (Self; Texas Students for DEI)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Raby, Megan (Self)
Rao, Nicholas (Self)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)
Rubel, Timothy (Self)
Seeman, Sonia (Self)
Serrano, Danya (Self)
Sherris, Ari (Self)
Small, Colleen (Self)
Smith, Caitlin (Self)
Unda, Maria (Self; Black Brown Dialogues on Policy)
Valenzuela, Angela (Self; Texas LULAC education committee)
Zamora, Emillio (Self; Texas LULAC Education Committee)
Zavala, Leticia (Self)
On :
Bonilla, Ray (Texas A&M University System)
Keyton, Sarah (THECB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Head, Vim (Self)
Against :
Allen, Tianna (Self)
Bier, Marti (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Cotera, Martha (Self)
Giles, Mars (Self)
Gomez, Adamari (Self)
Heil Rayne, Arwyn Ree (Self)
Heilrayne, Julia (Self)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Kandikonda, Aneesha (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self)
Longoria, Raul (Self)
Lopez Valdez, Daniella (Self; Brownsville Independent School District)
Miller, Matilda (Self)
Miller, Patricia (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Papadakis, Emanuel (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Rayne, Karen (Self)
Richie, Landon (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Segel, Emily (Self)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
VanKoughnett, Paul (Self)
Williams, Eric (Self)
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