WITNESS LIST

              SB 870

              Senate Committee Report

              Education K-16

              March 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Beckmeyer, John   Senior Development Officer  (Self; Gun Owners of America), Loraine,

                                          TX

                                          Beneski, Amy    (Texas Association of School Administrators), Austin, TX

                                          Brock, Alison    (Texas Association of School Boards), Austin, TX

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

                                          Nichols, Colby    (Texas Association of Community Schools), Austin, TX

                                          Parkinson, Thomas    (Self) , San Antonio, TX

                                          Sheffield, Heather   Lobbyist  (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)),

                                          Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Afifi, Amanda    (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists), Austin, TX

                                          Berel-Harrop, Sarah    (Self) , Farmers Branch, TX

                                          Golden, Nicole    (Self; Texas Gun Sense), Austin, TX

                                          Kling, Kelsey    (Self; Texas AFT), Austin, TX

                                          REYES, SARAH    (Self; Texas center for justice & equity), SAN ANTONIO, TX

                                          Tran, Crystal   Legal Fellow  (Texas Appleseed), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Garcia, Ernest   Division Chief, Administrative Law Division  (Texas Attorney Generals

                                          Office), Austin, TX

                                          Grissom, Cullen   Deputy Chief  (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement), Austin, TX

                                          Marin, Eric    (TEA), Austin, TX

                                          Scott, John   Chief of School Safety and Security  (TEA), Austin, TX

                                          Swanson, Steve    (Self) , Austin, TX

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