WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 5, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Anthony, David (Cypress - Fairbanks ISD)
Freeman, Ray (Equity Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Flores, Rebecca (Houston ISD)
Lindsey, Andrew (Texas Parent Teacher Association)
Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
For:
Colbert, Paul (Self; El Paso ISD)
Freeman, Ray (Equity Center)
Grusendorf, Bill (Tex Assoc Rural Schools)
Hunkapiller, Jerry (Millsap ISD, Equity Center, TARS)
Knight, Roy (Lufkin ISD)
Whiteker, Mary (Self)
Woody, Tom (Vernon ISD)
On:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garner, Allen (Central ISD)
Martel, Gary (Diboll I.S.D.)
Schneider, Todd (Martin's Mill ISD)
Sheets, Gene (Texas Association of Rural Schools/ Muleshoe ISD)
Wright, Eric (Huntington ISD)
Against:
Brown, Kevin (Alamo Heights ISD/ Texas School Coalition)
Roach, Tracey (Texas School Coalition)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD/ Texas School Coalition)
Springs, Mary (Santa Gertrudis ISD)
Wellman, Nola (Eanes ISD)
For:
Casey, Daniel (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Grusendorf, Bill (TX Assoc Rural Schools)
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For:
Jerry, Hunkapiller (Millsap ISD, Equity Center, TARS)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
Thompson, David (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Against:
Knight, Roy (Lufkin ISD)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Colbert, Paul (Self; El Paso ISD)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Woody, Tom (Vernon ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Graham, Lloyd (La Porte ISD)
Green, Terry (Family & Consumer Sciences Teachers Assn. of TX)
Holcombe, Linda (TIVA - Texas Industrial Vocational Assoc)
Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn. of TX)
Against:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council/ Texas Oil & Gas Association)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
York, Dwain (Wimberley ISD)
For:
Colbert, Paul (Self; El Paso ISD)
Trull, Paul (Paris ISD Board of Trustees)
Against:
Achtermann, Jeff (Self)
Brown, Kevin (Alamo Heights ISD/ Texas School Coalition)
Casey, Daniel (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Dadey, Catherine (Self)
Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)
Hunkapiller, Jerry (Millsap ISD, Equity Center, TARS)
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
Palmer, Richard (Piney East Perkins Consortium)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose Independent School District/ Texas School Coalition)
Sheets, Gene (Texas Association of Rural Schools - President/ Muleshoe ISD -
Superintendent)
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Against:
Springs, Mary (Santa Gertrudis ISD (Kingsville))
Tarleton, Bill (Texas Rural Educators Association)
Thompson, David (Houston ISD/ Texas Assn of School Administrators)
Thompson, Marty (Career & Technology Education of Texas)
Whiteker, Mary Ann (TX Association of Community Schools)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Anthony, David (Cypress Fairbanks ISD)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Eversol, Wes (Lake Dallas ISD)
Grusendorf, Bill (TX. Assoc Rural Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
Stinson, Gayle (Lake Dallas ISD)
Woody, Tom (Vernon ISD)
Zimmermann, Kathleen (NYOS Charter School)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Schneider, Todd (Martin's Mill ISD)
Against:
Garner, Allen (Central ISD)
Graham, Lloyd (La Porte ISD)
Green, Terry (Family & Consumer Sciences Teachers Assn. of TX)
Holcombe, Linda (TIVA - Texas Industrial Vocational Assoc.)
Martel, Gary (Diboll I.S.D.)
Painovich, Robin (Career & Technology Association of Texas)
Rue, Karen (Northwest I.S.D.)
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented)
Wellman, Nola (Eanes ISD)
Wright, Eric (Huntington ISD)
York, Dwain (Wimberley ISD)
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn. TX)
On:
Thomas, Amanda (Texas Charter Schools Association)
For:
Packard, Ron (K12, Inc.)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
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On:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
Givens, Anita (Texas Education Agency)
Gregg, Brock (Assn. of TX. Professional Educators (ATPE))
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)
Lindsey, Andrew (Texas Parent Teacher Association)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented)
Against:
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)
For:
McLaughlin, Bill (Walcott I.S.D.)
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grusendorf, Bill (TX. Assoc. Rural Schools)
Perrin, John (Walcott ISD)
Sheets, Gene (Texas Association of Rural Schools - President/ Muleshoe ISD -
Superintendent)
For:
Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
Givens, Anita (Texas Education Agency)
Gregg, Brock (Association of TX Professional Educators)
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On:
Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Weinberg, Tracy (Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented)
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