WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 6, 2025 - 8:00 AM

HB 2

                 For:

                                 Adams, Bryce (Self; TX Public Charter Schools Association)

                                 Bender, Missy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Bishop-Watt, Trista (Good Reason Houston)

                                 Bonilla, Grace (Texas Impact)

                                 Chavez, Yulissa (Self; The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Combest, Stacey (Self)

                                 Cooper, Robbi (Self; Decoding Dyslexia Texas)

                                 Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)

                                 Ellis, Christina (Consilium Education Services)

                                 Furlich, Sara (Self; Decoding Dyslexia and Texas Dyslexia Coalition)

                                 Gir, Arun (IEducate)

                                 Hyland, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Leal, Diego (Self)

                                 Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)

                                 POLLOCK, LINDSEY (Self)

                                 Ross, Dixie (Self)

                                 Weaver, Staci (Self; Legacy Prep)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Carra, Missie (Self)

                                 Carriker-Cavin, Taylor (Self)

                                 Cole-Ochoa, Darren (Self; San Marcos CISD)

                                 Daniels, Margaret (Self)

                                 Davenport, Lynn (Self)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Linahan, Alice (Self)

                 On:

                                 Blanton, DeeAnna (Self)

                                 Boswell, Lynn (Self; Austin ISD)

                                 Bustos, Georgiana (Self)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Crittenden, Justin (Self)

                                 Exter, Monty (ATPE)

                                 Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Gray, JoMeka (Self)

                                 Gregg, Brock (Texas retired teachers assn)

                                 Griffith, Carrie (On Behalf of the Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Guevara, Karla (Self)

                                 Guthrie, Brian (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)

                                 Halstead, Amity (Self; PreK Today/Child Care Associates)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)

                                 Holden, Megan (Self)

                                 Hunter, Kevin (Self; Burkburnett Independent School District)

                                 Kirksey, Jacob (Texas Tech University)

                                 Kosobud, Terry (Self; Grandparents for Public Schools)

                                 Kost, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Malfaro, Louis (Self; Austin Voices for Education and Youth)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self; Grandparents for Public Schools)

                                 Noyola, Alicia (Self; South Texas Association of Schools)

                                 Piper, Missy (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education, Brazos River Regional

                                 School Program SSA, Parker County Co-op)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX American Federaion of Teachers)

                                 Salazar, Alejos (Self)

                                 Saxe, Avery (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Selby, Mary (Self)

                                 Sena, Richard (Self; Boerne ISD)

                                 Smith, Lauren (Self)

                                 Stephens, Heather (Self)

                                 Stern, Maggie (Our Schools Our Democracy)

                                 Stevenson, Sara (Self)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

                                 Tavarez, Lauren (Self)

                                 Vasquez, Megan (Self)

                                 Vinson, Mallory (Self)

                                 Volk, Maia (Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Franklin, Ryan (Philanthropy Advocates)

                                 Glosser, Cole (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Johnson, Tracy (DFER TX)

                                 Justice, Shirlene (Self)

                                 Landin, Taylor (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Linn Minnehan, Julie (Great Hearts Texas)

                                 Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)

                                 Luftop, Jennifer (Texas Academic Language Therapy Association (Texas ALTA))

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; The Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Warren, Joanna (Educate Texas)

                                 Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Texas Cultural Trust)

                                 Willis, Randy (Texas Assoication of Rural Schools)

                 Against:

                                 Ackermann, Ryan (Self)

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WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Ahmed-Arroyo, Serena (Self)

                                 Boulton, Leonora (Self)

                                 Briggs, Rachael (Self)

                                 Butcher, Callie (Self)

                                 Camp, J (Self)

                                 Campbell, Craig (Self)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Crowl, Ian (Self)

                                 Cummings, Sharon (Self)

                                 Domel, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Fennell, Amy (Self)

                                 Garcia, Jacqueline (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hester, TIna (Self)

                                 Hornbuckle, Susan (Self)

                                 Kaplan, Judith (Self)

                                 Laeky, Miriam (Equality Texas)

                                 Moyers, Dakota-Lee (Self)

                                 Moyers, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Odom, Glynnis (Self)

                                 Reeves, Sara (Self)

                                 Schindler, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Schmidt, Daniel (Self)

                                 Sotelo, Rosalba (Self)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 Tiernan, Mary (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bellsnyder, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Encarnacion Schmidt, Maria (Self)

                                 Foster, Linzy (Self)

                                 Hall, Leslie (Self)

                                 Hejny, Barton (Self)

                                 Jebsen, Maggie (LBB)

                                 Kling, Kelsey (Texas Coalition for Educator Preparation (TCEP))

                                 Lehman Lopez, Jeanne (Self)

                                 Lugo, Noelita (Self)

                                 Navarrette, Emily (LBB)

                                 Tasneem, Tania (Self)

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