WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 15, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Paredes, Agueda (Self; Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
White, Crystal (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Good Reason Houston)
On:
Mcloughlin, Jessica (Texas education agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER Texas)
Million, Jenelle (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
For:
Avera, Bill (Self; Texas School District Police Chiefs’ Association)
Mello, Victoria (Self; Spark Change Project)
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
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 Association)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER Texas)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Grigsby, Gretchen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Martinez-Prather, Kathy (Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University)
Sexton, Shane (Tx Education Agency)
For:
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
Preston, Rachel (Self)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER Texas)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
O'Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Lucas, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER Texas)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
White, Crystal (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Million, Jenelle (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
White, Crystal (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Mcloughlin, Jessica (Texas education agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
Arnold, Ashley (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Ageny)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Romig, Robert (Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Daniel, Katrina (Teacher Retirement System of Texas)
For:
Boyd-Mayes, Isha (Self; Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School)
Deakins, Jennifer (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
LaChance, Loree (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Mayes, Christopher (Self; Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School)
Merrell, Leonard (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Dethloff, Carl (Equity Center)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Vibrant Works)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; The Lighthouse of Houston)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; East Texas Lighthouse)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition, Guadalupe County Education
Coalition, Permian Basin Education Coalition)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER Texas)
King, Bill (Self)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Against:
Plemons, Hollie (Self)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Ageny)
Triplett, Jeremy (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Courtney, Jenna (Texas Partnership for Outof School Time)
Torres, Patrick (Self; Creative Action)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hartman, Greg (Texas State Alliance of YMCAs)
O'Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
White, Crystal (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Ageny)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
White, Crystal (Texas Association of Community Schools)
On:
Rios, Jose (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Beasley, Brent (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Jones, Garry (Self; DFER Texas)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
On:
Rios, Jose (Texas Education Agency)
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