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WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May  12, 2009  upon final adjourn./recess
SB  100
 
    For:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
BERNOSKI, MIKE (TEXAS AUTISM ADVOCACY)
 
 
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC,)
 
 
CARPENTER, BILL (TEXAS COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION)
 
 
CRUZ, ROSE  (Self)
 
 
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
FULLER, ED  (Self)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
 
MILLER, JEFF (ADVOCACY INCORPORATED)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
STATMAN, RONA (THE ARC OF TEXAS)
 
 
TERRAZAS, ERICA (TEXAS APPLESEED)
 
 
WILLSON, PAM (ANTHONY WILLSON, A STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES)
 
 
 
 
SB  197
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
OWEN, BOB (TEXAS SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
SB  199
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
OWEN, BOB (TEXAS SOCIETY OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
SB  548
 
    For:
FIGUEROA, LUIS (MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND (MALDEF))
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
ROMERO, JESSE (TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION (T.A.B.E.))
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
 
 
SB  644
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
CARPENTER, BILL (TEXAS COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION)
 
 
FLORES, REBECCA (HOUSTON ISD)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
JOHNSON, CHERYL (GALVESTON CO. TAX OFFICE & TAXPAYERS)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
    For:
SHIELDS, JULIE (TEXAS ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
SWIFT, SHERYL (GALVESTON COUNTY TAX OFFICE)
 
 
 
 
SB  669
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
SB  892
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
WHEELER, ANITA (DSHS-SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM)
 
 
 
 
SB  1313
 
    For:
PAINOVICH, ROBIN (CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (CTAT))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
ERBEN, ANDREW (TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION REFORM
TX. ASSN. OF BUSINESS)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
FLORES, REBECCA (HOUSTON ISD)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
 
McMAHAN, JOSEPH (TX RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
THOMAS, AMANDA (TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
SB  1363
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
ERBEN, ANDREW (TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR EDEUCATION REFORM
TEXAS ASSN. OF BUSINESS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
MCCRAW, KEN (TX ASSN OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
MCCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
 
 
SB  1490
 
    For:
BEINKE, DAVID  (Self)
 
 
BOWER, DARLA  (Self)
 
 
CRUZ, ROSE  (Self)
 
 
GRANT, KATHY  (Self)
 
 
MILLER, JEFF (ADVOCACY INCORPORATED & DISABILITY POLICY CONSORTIUM)
 
 
STATMAN, RONA (THE ARC OF TEXAS)
 
 
WILLSON, PAM (ANTHONY WILLSON, A STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES)
 
 
YEAMAN, KAREN  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
BORRECA, CHRISTOPHER (FRIENDSWOOD ISD HUFFMAN ISD
PEARLAND ISD         SPRING BRANCH ISD)
 
 
HOLTZ, JAMES  (Self)
 
 
LUCIUS, BUNTON  (Self)
 
 
WETZEL, KATIE  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BERNOSKI, MIKE (TEXAS AUSTISM ADVOCAY)
 
    For:
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
PASCHALL, CINDI  (Self)
 
 
RUDD, BRENDA  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
CARPENTER, BILL (TEXAS COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION)
 
 
HANNA, MARK (TEXAS SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
PARSLEY, CATHLEEN (STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS)
 
 
 
 
SB  1577
 
Against:
CARPENTER, BILL (TEXAS COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
MCCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
MILLER, JEFF (ADVOCACY INCORPORATED)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
STATMAN, RONA (THE ARC OF TEXAS)
 
 
 
 
SB  1818
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
FLORES, REBECCA (HOUSTON ISD)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (TASA))
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
TORRES, GEORGE (NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
 
WHITSETT, MARIA (TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE)
 
 
 
 
SB  2033
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOC.)
 
 
ERBEN, ANDREW (TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION REFORM
TEXAS ASSN. OF BUSINESS)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
SB  2044
 
    For:
LILLY, JANNA (TEXAS COUNCIL FOR ADMINISTRATORS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ARNOLD, JAY (TEXAS PTA)
 
 
BERNOSKI, MIKE (TEXAS AUTISM ADVOCACY)
 
 
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
HANNA, MARK (TEXAS SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION)
 
    For:
MCCREARY, CASEY (TX ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
MILLER, JEFF (ADVOCACY INCORPORATED)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
STATMAN, RONA (THE ARC OF TEXAS)
 
 
 
 
SB  2248
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
CARPENTER, BILL (TCASE)
 
 
ECKHART, HARLEY (TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS & SUPERVISORS ASSN.)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GUSTAFSON, LINDSAY (TCTA)
 
 
McCREARY, CASEY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
MILLER, JEFF (ADVOCACY INCORPORATED)
 
 
SHIELDS, JULIE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
SMITH, JODIE (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
 
 
STATMAN, RONA (THE ARC OF TEXAS)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
KROMREI, LIZ (DEPT. OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES)