WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March 22, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Ellis, Bruce (Self; Dallas ISD/ Texas Computer Education Association/ Technology
Coordinator's Special Interest Group)
Fuller, John (Self)
Ratliff, Thomas (Self)
Threadgill, Candace (Texas Computer Ed. Assoc./ Klein ISD)
Villarreal, Micha (Self; Texas Computer Education Association, Technology Coordinators
Special Interest Group/ Ysleta ISD)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Givens, Anita (Texas Education Agency)
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chiodo, Dana (Technology Association of America)
Lopez, Ed (Promethean)
McCreary, Casey (TX. Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA))
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Wurzel, Geoff (Tech Net)
On:
Smith, Alex (MALDEF (Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund))
Against:
Dunn, David (TX Charter Schools Assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)
For:
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC - Texas Building Branch)
On:
McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders & Contractors of Texas)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
For:
Barbic, Chris (YES Prep Public Schools)
Cook, Charles (Responsive Education Solutions)
Crumb, Tarla (Fallbrook College Preparatory Academy)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Feinberg, Michael (KIPP, Inc and TCSA)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)
Wilson, Tom Wilson (Life School of Dallas)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Romero, Osvaldo (Robstown ISD & TASA & Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
Salazar, Gonzalo (Los Fresnos CISD, TASA, S. Texas Assoc. of Schools)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Needham, Christen (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Booker, Jerel (Stand for Children)
Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)
Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)
Farias, Richard (Raul Yzaguirre Charter)
Garza Brown, Maria (Self)
Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)
Yancy, Justin (Governor's Business Council)
Against:
Grey, John (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of TEXAS)
Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc. of Schools)
For:
Friend, Shelley (Self)
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Against:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA)/ Texas Association of
School Boards (TASB))
Hardy, Pat (Self)
On:
Hensley, Mary (Texas Assoc. of Community Colleges)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Colbert, Paul (Dr. Mary Spangler, Chancellor Houston Community College System)
Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)
Erben, Andrew (Tx. Institute for Education Reform)
Gamez, Erin (Texas PTA)
Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas Assoc. Business)
Against:
Anderson, David (Texas School Alliance)
For:
Cook, Charles (Responsive Education Solutions)
Rendon, Joseph (Por Vida Academy Charter District)
Against:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
On:
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)
Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)
Garza Brown, Maria (Self)
Marquez, Richard (Texans Can!)
Pena, Martin Pena (South TX Assoc. of Schools)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Grey, John (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
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On:
Pawelek, Lynse (Atascosa - McMullen Co-op & TCASE)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc of Schools)
For:
Pawelek, Lynse (Atascosa - McMullen Cooperative & TCASE)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borden, Sandi (TX. Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Hanna, Mark (Texas Speech - Language - Hearing Association)
Hempstead, Chuck (Texas Educational Diagnosticians Assoc)
McCreary, Casey (TX Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc of Schools)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
For:
Beard, Jeremy (Houston ISD)
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For:
Davila, Xochitl (HISD)
Grier, Terry (HISD)
Handy, Brenda (Self)
Hardin, Paul (Kashmere Sr. High School Houston ISD)
Against:
Lett, Sam (Sept Start, Inc.)
On:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
McCreary, Casey (TX Association of School Administrators (TASA))
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Valdez, Jerry (Greater Houston Partnership)
For:
Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Hardy, Pat (Self)
Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of Texas)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)
Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
Against:
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of TX Professional Educators)
Grey, John (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Pena, Martin (South TX Assoc of Schools)
Salazar, Gonzalo (Los Fresnos CISD, TASA and S. Texas Assoc. of Schools)
For:
Hodgins, David (Self)
Mehl, Cheryl (Self)
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Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (TASA)
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Garza Brown, Maria (Self)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (TASA)
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Johnstone, Gary (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Thomas, Amanda (Texas Charter Schools Association)
For:
Hodgins, David (TASB)
Mehl, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
On:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Graham, Lloyd (La Porte ISD)
McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools)
Against:
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
For:
Hodgins, David (TASB)
Mehl, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (TASA)
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Graham, Lloyd (La Porte ISD)
McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools)
Against:
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
For:
Hodgins, David (TASB)
Mehl, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (TASA)
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Graham, Lloyd (La Porte I.S.D.)
McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)
Against:
Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
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For:
Dolibois, Ryan (YES Prep Public Schools)
Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (TASA)
Romero, Osvaldo (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Booker, Jerel (Stand for Children)
Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Against:
McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Pena, Martin Pena (South Tx Assoc. of Schools)
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)
For:
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Canaday, Jennifer (ATPE)
Gustafson, Lindsay (TCTA)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
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