WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March  27, 2007 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Accountability
 
     On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
 
 
HB  877
 
     On:
Cousins, Mark (University Interscholastic League (UIL))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  890
 
    For:
Geistman, Alan (Llano Independent School District)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  1435
 
Against:
Nelson, Dr. Greg (Texas Chiropractic Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Jones, Linda (Tx. Dept. State Health Svcs.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hoffman, Dr. Robert B.  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Cousins, Mark (University Interscholastic League (UIL))
 
 
 
 
HB  1700
 
    For:
Baethge, Kim  (Self)
 
 
Brokovich, Jeffrey M. (Texas Tech University---Center at Junction Outdoor School)
 
 
Broom, Gaylynn  (Self)
 
 
Hickerson, Robert (Texas Tech University)
 
 
Sullivan, Kaycie  (Self)
 
 
Wellhausen, Toni (Texas Tech Outdoor School---Junction)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1844
 
    For:
Lambert, Tim  (Self and Texas Home School Coalition)
 
 
Lewis, Cynthia V.  (Self)
 
 
Luera, Rosalia Guerrero  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
Lain, Jackie (Tx Assn. of Sch Bds)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Assoc. of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
HB  1922
 
    For:
Casey, Daniel T.  (Self and Fast Growth School Coalition)
 
 
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
 
 
Thompson, David (Texas Association of School Administrators  and TASB)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  2136
 
    For:
Saenz, Corrine M.  (Self)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
 
 

 
Against:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
 
 
Gregg, Brock (Association of Tx. Professional Educators)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carr, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Drenner, Julie (Texans for Family Values PAC)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Wolf, Laura (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
 
 
HB  2217
 
    For:
Burke, Joseph (Junior Achievement of South Texas)
 
 
Lain, Jacqueline (Tx. Assoc. of Sch Bds)
 
 
Swincher, David M. (Junior Achievement of Central Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Collins, Robby (Dallas I.S.D)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Flores, Rebecca (Houston ISD)
 
 
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
 
 
Jackson, Diane (Spring Branch ISD)
 
 
Meroney, Mike  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2220
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Casey, Daniel T.  (Self)
 
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Colbert, Paul (El Paso ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
 
 
HB  2399
 
     On:
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
HB  2504
 
    For:
Clarke, Dr. Ben  (Self)
 
 
Longtain, Teeter Naomi  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
Jackson, Diane (Spring Branch ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  2697
 
    For:
Castillo, Cosme  (Self)

 
    For:
Guerrero, Rosalia  Luera  (Self)
 
 
Ledbetter, Lane  (Self)
 
 
Snell, Lisa  (Self and Reason Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators & Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill)  (Self)
 
 
Terry, Brooke Dollens (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
HB  2697 - Committee Substitute  (Delisi)
 
    For:
Sumrall, Ken  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2747
 
    For:
Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)
 
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Barksdale, Jay (Greater Dallas Chamber)
 
 
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Blanton, Tom (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
 
 
Cunningham, Michael (Texas Building Trades Council)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Eaton, Holly (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
 
 
HB  2814
 
     On:
Colbert, Paul (El Paso ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Weisfeld, Shanna (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3087
 
    For:
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena D. (Assoc. of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
HB  3419
 
    For:
Drake, Angela (Harris County Department of Education)
 
 
Johnson Ph.D., Ronald E. (Paradigm Accelerated Charter School)
 
 
Stewart, Sonja  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Benson, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Christman, Karla (Brazosport Independent School District and Textbook Coordinators Association of Texas)
 
 
Colbert, Paul (El Paso ISD)

 
     On:
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Lewis, Dr. Larry  (Self)
 
 
Miller, Tincy  (Self and State Board of Education (Chair))
 
 
Sanders, Trenton  (Self)
 
 
Villarreal, Abel  (Self and Textbook Coordinators Association of Texas (TCAT))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Erben, Randall (Dell, Inc.)
 
 
Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Venable, Peggy (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
HB  3419 - Committee Substitute  (Dutton)
 
     On:
Lombardi, Janice (Texas State Reading Association)
 
 
Squyres, Brian (Textbook Coordinators' Association of Texas)
 
 
Thompson, David (Association of American Publishers)