WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Against:
Blachowski, Aileen (Self; Texas Education 911)
Brown Rodriquez, Tami (Self; Jaco Booyens Ministries)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
McDonald, Callie (Self)
Woolsey, Timothy (Self)
On:
Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Cave, Tricia (ATPE)
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Jones, Noah (Texas Counseling Association)
Linkous, Shane (State Office of Administrative Hearings)
Newman, Anne (Self)
Rodriguez, David (Texas Education Agency)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Wolfe, Sarah (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Long, Matt (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Avellano, Deborah (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Gutierrez, Melodia (Self; Human Rights Campaign)
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas projct)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Oeser, Kelvey (Texas Education Agency)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
On:
Dempsey, Colin (Texas Education Agency)
Fisher, Misty (Instructional Material Coordinators’ Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benton, Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)
Brannan, Ryan (Fieldstead & co.)
Brown Rodriquez, Tami (Self; Jaco Booyens Ministries)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Fordinal, Ashley (Self)
Grantham, Gabe (Texas 2036)
Against:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Gutierrez, Melodia (Self; Human Rights Campaign)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Linahan, Alice (Self)
On:
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
For:
Johnson, Russ (Self; Lorena ISD)
King, William (Self; Campus Guardian Angel)
Marston, Justin (Self; Campus Guardian Angel)
Praba, Conner (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
On:
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Scott, John (TEA)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
On:
Johnson, Russ (Self; Lorena ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Caitlyn (Texas Society of Architects)
Bender, Missy (Texas School Coalition)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Assc)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Jones, Garry (DFER TX)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
On:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
For:
Denison, Shawn (Self)
Stockton, Danny (Plano ISD)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Assc)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Against:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
On:
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Scott, John (TEA)
For:
Breaux, Pamela (Self; Texas Education Policy Institute (TEPI))
Flores, Sarai (Self; MASBA School Board Members for Latino Equity)
Praba, Conner (Self)
On:
Iannaccone, Marisa (Texas council for developmenral disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Assc)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Guadalupe County Education Coalition, Permian Basin Education
Coalition)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Rombado, Maximiliano (Raise Your Hand Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Holzgrafe, Matt (TEA)
Oeser, Kelvey (Texas Education Agency)
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