WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 4, 2025 - 8:00 AM

HB 2

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Bhatia, Yasmin (Uplift Education)

                                 Choudhury, Mohammed (Fort Worth Independent School District)

                                 Crawford, Marty (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Feinstein, Jonathan (EdTrust in Texas)

                                 Gilbert, Greg (Texas Assication of Rural Schools)

                                 Kucera, Joe (Self; Texas Association of Midsize Schools)

                                 Lara, Billie (Self)

                                 Mackey, Ben (Texas Impact Network)

                                 McKenzie, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 McKinney, Sharon (Port Aransas ISD)

                                 Morrison, Heath (Teachers of Tomorrow)

                                 Munoz, Joe (Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Arts Education Campaign)

                                 NOLEN, DARLA (Academy ISD)

                                 Pruneda, Mary Lynn (Texas 2036)

                                 Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                                 Sparacello, Leslie (Cedars International Academy)

                                 Terry, Justin (Self; Fast Growth Schools Coalition)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Every Texan)

                 On:

                                 Coffey, Gwen (Self; TCASE and Katy ISD)

                                 Craft, John (Self; Northside Independent School District)

                                 Doyle, Rebecca (Self; Stephenville ISD)

                                 Finger, Kami (Self; Lubbock ISD and TCASE)

                                 Lambert, Kailey (Self)

                                 Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))

                                 Segura, Matias (Texas Urban Council)

                                 Toscano, Roland (Self; East Central Independent School District)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Brown, Ashlynn (Self)

                                 Cherny, Harriet (Self)

                                 Corte, Frank (Self; International Leadership of Texas)

                                 Coy, Cheryl (Self)

                                 Davis, Larry (Self)

                                 Diaz, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Engelking, Luke (Self)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Greer, Kate (The Commit Partnership)

                                 Hejny, Barton (Self)

                                 Jacobson (Self)

                                 Jensen, Scott (American Federation for Children)

                                 Kokel, Jim (Self)

                                 Kokel, Joyce (Self)

                                 Love, Jarod (ExcelinEd in Action)

                                 Love, Jarod (The E3Alliance)

                                 Martin, Cathleen (Self)

                                 Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Murnighan, Erin (Self)

                                 Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Schuetz, Tim (Self)

                                 Smith, Joseph (Self)

                                 Terrazas, Michelle (Self)

                                 Vierus, Stephanie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Marilyn (Self)

                                 Hegman, Christina (Self)

                                 Parker, Karen (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Pruett, Kay (Self)

                                 Scheer, Deborah (Self)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Aki, Fuat (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Alexander, Jennifer (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Beadle, Tracey (Self)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Copeland, Amy (TEA)

                                 Elford, John (Self)

                                 Fisher, Tracy (Self)

                                 Hodge, Andrew (TEA)

                                 Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)

                                 Holzgrafe, Matt (TEA)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                                 McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (Tea)

                                 Mcloughlin, Jessica (TEA)

                                 Murphy, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Olofson, Mark (Texas Education Agenct)

                                 Schutte, Marian (TEA)

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