WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 29, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 24

                 For:

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                 On:

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional)

                                 Hodgins, David (Council of School Attornys)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))

                                 Harrison, Lorna (Trevor Romain Co.)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                 On:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

            HB 170

                 Against:

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)

                                 Matz, Laura (Learning.com)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 485

                 On:

                                 Hodgins, David (Council of School Attornys)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas public policy foundation/ Center for effective justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)

                 Against:

                                 Maresh, Marquette (Self; Walsh Anderson Brown Gallegos & Green, P.C.)

                 On:

                                 Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)

            HB 562

                 For:

                                 Downing, Nelson (Smith County Juvenile Board)

                                 Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)

                                 Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Tomlinson, Lisa (Johnson County Juvenile Probation Dept - JJAEP)

                                 Turner, Randy (Tarrant County Juvenile Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Thompson, John (Polk County)

                 Against:

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

            HB 622

                 For:

                                 Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Praxis, Solveij (American Civil Liberties Union)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Hodgins, David (Council of School Attornys)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Brooke, Linda (TX. Juvenile Probation Comm)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)

                                 Levin, Marc (Center for effective justice/ Texas public policy foundation)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

                                 Tomlinson, Lisa (Johnson County Juvenile Probation - JJAEP)

                                 Turner, Randy (Tarrant County Juvenile Services)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Maresh, Marquette (Self; Walsh Anderson Brown Gallegos & Green, P.C.)

                 On:

                                 Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)

            HB 862

                 For:

                                 Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Self)

                                 West, Sandra (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gámez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)

            HB 968

                 For:

                                 Schneider, Robert (Austin ISD)

                 On:

                                 Lyons, Alexandria (Austin School District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Gámez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

            HB 1016

                 On:

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)

                                 McCreary, Casey (TX Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA))

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Smith, Alex (MALDEF)

                 On:

                                 Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

            HB 1019

                 On:

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)

                 Against:

                                 Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))

            HB 1059

                 For:

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA (Parent Teacher Association))

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Maresh, Marquette (Self; Walsh Anderson Brown Gallegos & Green, P.C.)

                 On:

                                 Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)

                                 Bredeson, Sheri (Self)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Matz, Laura (Learning.com)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

                 On:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

            HB 1158

                 For:

                                 Reed, Eileen (Self)

                 On:

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Assn.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 West, Sandra (Self)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

            HB 1160

                 For:

                                 Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Durrett, Tammy (Self)

                                 Durrett, Taylor (Self)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Miller, Cyral (Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Chauvin, Michele (Texas Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Murrell, Marty (Alliance of & for Visually Impaired Texans)

                                 Pogrund, Rona (Texas Association for Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind & Visually

                                 Impaired - TAER)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Becerra, Rodolfo (Governors Committee on People with Disabilities)

            HB 1224

                 For:

                                 Calvert, Robert (Fort Bend ISD)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

            HB 1550

                 For:

                                 Thomas, Amanda (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

            HB 1587

                 For:

                                 Arnett, Meredith (Self)

                                 Baker, PHD, Julie (Houston ISD)

                                 Barth, Ken (Self)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Booker, Jerel (Stand for Children)

                                 Correa, Alejandra (Self)

                                 Higginbotham, Melissa (Self)

                                 Holt, Eric (Self)

                                 Pangilinan, Joanna (Self)

                                 Penrod, Suzy (Self)

                                 Welsh, Amber (Self)

                                 Windham, James (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Wood, Ellen (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Malfaro, Louis (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                 On:

                                 Burleson, Steve (TX Association of Community Schools/ Tahoka ISD)

                                 Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Hund, Kirsten (Texas Elem. Principals & Supervisors Assoc. TEPSA)

                                 Osborne, Cynthia (Project Educator Effectiveness & Quality (PEEQ) @ UT Austin)

                                 West, Sandra (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Joseph (Self)

                                 Cleary, Patrick (Self)

                                 Clifford, Margaret (Self)

                                 Fernandez, Tina (Self)

                                 Flammer, Sean (Self)

                                 Fritz, Ashleigh (Self)

                                 Moore, Nicole (Self)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Solis, Miguel (Self)

                                 Walsh, Evan (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)

                                 McCreary, Casey (TX Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA)/ TX Assoc of School Boards

                                 (TASB))

            HB 1942

                 For:

                                 Moore, Adrian (Council on at Risk Youth)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas public policy foundation center for effective justice)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bredeson, Sheri (Self)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Cowan, Terry (Association of Substance Abuse Programs Council on At Risk Youth)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gámez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))

                                 Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of TX)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Matz, Laura (Learning.com)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

                 On:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                                 Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)

            HB 2158

                 For:

                                 Russell, Debbie (ACLU - TX)

                 On:

                                 Ward, Jeff (Texas Association of School District Police)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA (Parent Tchr Assoc))

                                 Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)

                                 Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Heath America of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, James (TASER International)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Crowell, Aaron (Texas Municipal Police Association)

            HB 2349

                 For:

                                 Roseveare, Daniel (Piper Jaffray & Co.)

                                 Terry, PHD CPA, James (North East ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grimes, Margie (North East ISD)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                 On:

                                 Pettus, Lance (Self)

            HB 2378

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

            HB 2678

                 For:

                                 Reyna, Carlos (I Drive Safely)

                 Against:

                                 Cazares Martinez, Aida (Cazares Defensive Driving School)

                                 Givilancz, Eric (Roadworthy Driving Academy)

                                 Hardy, Mike (Longhorn Driving Schools)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Pennington, Tom (Green Light Driving Academy)

                                 Zaldivar, Robert (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benavides, Marco (Benavides Driving School)

                                 Frost, Jack (Frost Driving School)

                                 Hernandez, Laura (Self; Texas Driving School)

                                 Morin, Adam (Frost Driving School)

                                 Reyna, Norma (Texas Driving School 1107 Hwy 181 Portland, TX)

                                 Reyna, Roberto (Self; ABC Driving School)

                                 Thomas, Dawn (Austin Driving School of Fort Worth)

                                 Walker, Gene (Self; Safeway Driving Center)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Martinez, Lauro (Cazares Driving School)

                                 St. Romain, Malcolm (Self)

            HB 3018

                 For:

                                 Garza, Dan (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))

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