WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May 20, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Ayres, Monica (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Haynes, Jamie (Self; Texans Wake Up)
Newman, Anne (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
On:
Lucas, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP))
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Deline, Steven (Self)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Glosser, Cole (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Wright, Kaci ((IDRA) Intercultural Development Research Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
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On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Albert, David (Self)
Loewenstein, Claudia (Self)
Willis, Randy (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Marwah, Natasha (Self)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
Newman, Anne (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Snyder, Jessica (Tea)
For:
Molak, Maurine (Self; David’s Legacy Foundation)
Newman, Anne (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Gray, Brady (Self; Texad Family Project)
McCreary, Dr. Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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For:
OWEN, TYLER (Self; TMPA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fairey, McNeill (Self; Temple Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Midkiff, Michael (Self; Mansfield PD)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Scesney, Daniel (Self; Grand Prairie Police Department)
Springer, Chadd (Self; Lake Dallas ISD)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Vessels, Chad (Self; Prosper ISD Police Department)
WESTER, HEATH (Self; TEXAS ISD POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION)
Against:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
On:
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Newman, Anne (Self)
WESTER, HEATH (Self; TEXAS ISD POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
On:
Garcia, Ernest (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Chapel, Cooper (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)
Knox, John (Self; Opt Institute)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Tengler, Debi (Self; Adoption is an Option)
Against:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Snyder, Jessica (Tea)
For:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Haynes, Jamie (Self; Texans Wake Up)
Newman, Anne (Self)
Sivadge, Vanessa (Self; Protecting texas children)
Against:
Stephenson, Jennifer (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Leenerts, Ashley (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Against:
Caballero, Darcy (Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Snyder, Jessica (Tea)
For:
Zaibaq, Alexander (Disability Rights Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Deline, Steven (Self)
Glosser, Cole (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
McCreary, Dr. Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Vessels, Chad (Self; Prosper ISD Police Department)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
Sexton, Shane (Tx Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardwell, Margo (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Lucas, Christopher (Texas Education Agency)
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On:
Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)
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