WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
February  20, 2007 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  208
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  277
 
    For:
Abraham, Salem  (Self and Canadian ISD)
 
 
Bearden, D.L.  (Self and Texas Virtual School Project)
 
 
Drummond, Joy  (Self)
 
 
Kendrick, Allison M.  (Self)
 
 
Kendrick, Eva Kristina  (Self)
 
 
Linn, William G.  (Self)
 
 
Mead, Bryson  (Self)
 
 
Mead, Thomas  (Self)
 
 
Schul, Jim  (Self and Harris County Department of Education)
 
 
Williams, Amy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Whitsett, Jo- Hannah (Texas Freedom Network (TFN))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Kouri, Richard (TSTA)
 
 
Lain, Jackie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Rabb, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Terry, Brooke Dollens (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Linn, Ross E.  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  278
 
    For:
Hawkins, Bill (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Harrell, Will (ACLU, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
Martinez, Ray (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  278 - Committee Substitute  (Hochberg)
 
     On:
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy, Inc)
 
 
Ward, Jeff (Texas Association of School District Police)
 
 
 
 
HB  396
 
Against:
Abraham, Salem  (Self and TASB and Canadian ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Karam, Kathryn (Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
 
 
HB  721
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Moon, Georgene  (Self and Texas Educational Diagnosticians' Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena ((ATPE) Assoc of TX Prof. Educators)
 
 
Parsons, Theresa (Texas Council of Adminstrators of Special Education)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  958
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teacher Assn.)
 
    For:
Duty, David (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Assoc. of TX Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
HB  978
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)