WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            April 12, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 692

                 For:

                                 Garza, Bonnie (Self)

                                 Stach, Bradley (Self)

                                 Stach, Jonathan (Self)

                                 Thomas, Rexanne (Van ISD)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boatright, Clay (Self)

                                 Borreca, Chris (Self; TCASE)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. Midsize Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas - AFT)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

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

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Seigrist, Andrew (Tidehaven ISD)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Stach, Irene (Self)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

            HB 742

                 For:

                                 Burnett, Chris (Self)

                                 Davila-Burnett, Jessica (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Arnold, Jay (TX PTA)

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

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

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

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

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

            HB 1054

                 For:

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education (T.A.B.E.))

                                 Schmidt, Don (TCASE)

                                 Windham, Jim (TX. Institute For Education Reform)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Association of Business)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

            HB 1095

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

            HB 1702

                 On:

                                 Baskin, JJ (Self; Education Capital)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cook, Lauren (Equity Center)

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

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

                 Against:

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

            HB 1705

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

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

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education (T.A.B.E.))

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                 Against:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. of Midsize Schools)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

            HB 1805

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Borreca, Chris (Self; TCASE)

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

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. of Midsize Schools)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

            HB 2135

                 For:

                                 Lindo-Anderson, Anastasia (Houston Independent School District)

                                 Wallace, Donna (Self; Van ISD)

                                 Wheat, Dave (Houston Independent School District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jay (TX PTA)

                                 Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. of Midsize Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas - AFT)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools)

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

                                 Seigrist, Andrew (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

            HB 2233

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Holt, David (Texas Assoc. of Community Schools)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Golson, Kathy (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 2491

                 For:

                                 Kuhn, John (Self)

                                 Murphy, Keith (Van ISD)

                                 Thomas, Rexanne (VAN ISD)

                                 Wallace, Donna (Self; Van ISD)

                 Against:

                                 Windham, Jim (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. Midsize Schools)

                                 Kerr, Andrew (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn)

                 Against:

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

            HB 2704

                 For:

                                 Deen, David (Self)

                 On:

                                 Day, Gina (T.E.A.)

            HB 2747

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jay (TX PTA)

                                 Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association/ TX Press Association)

                 Against:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. Midsize Schools)

            HB 2748

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)

            HB 2797

                 On:

                                 Calder, Victoria (Texas School Safety Center/ Texas State University)

                                 Jacobs, Billy (Texas School Safety Center, TSU)

                                 Simpson Hull, Susan (Grand Prairie ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. Midsize Schools)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS))

                                 Schmidt, Don (Northside ISD)

                                 Seigrist, Andrew (Tidehaven ISD)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

            HB 3026

                 For:

                                 Fuller, H. John (Wylie ISD & Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Williams, Ellen (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                 On:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Erben, Andrew (TX. Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Assoc. of Business)

                                 Seigrist, Andrew (Tidehaven ISD)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)

                                 Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association/ TX Press Association)

            HB 3135

                 For:

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)

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

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Wilson-Clay, Barbara (Self; Texas Breastfeeding Coalition/ Central Texas Healthy

                                 Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition)

            HB 3261

                 For:

                                 Fuller, H. John (Texas Association of School Administrators & Wylie ISD)

                                 Hinojosa, Michael (Dallas ISD)

                                 Turner, Jeff (Coppell ISD)

                 Against:

                                 Windham, Jim (TX. Institute For Education Reform)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jay (TX PTA)

                                 Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)

                                 Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. Midsize Schools)

                                 Horn, John (Self)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))

                                 Seigrist, Andrew (Tidehaven ISD)

                                 Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Wurzel, Geoff (TECHNET)

                 Against:

                                 Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

            HB 3285

                 For:

                                 Middleton, Richard (Texas School Alliance/ North East ISD)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education (T.A.B.E.))

                                 Schmidt, Don (Northside ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jay (TX PTA)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)

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

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Assn. Midsize Schools)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hinojosa, DR Michael (Dallas ISD)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn.)

                                 Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)

            HB 3467

                 For:

                                 Salinas, Amanda (American Heart Association)

                                 Tenner, Thomas (Self; AWA/Texas CVD Council)

                 On:

                                 Golson, Kathy (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association and the Texas Public Health Coalition)

                                 Banning, Tom (TX Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)

                                 Devine, Teresa (Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX)

                                 Dunsavage, Douglas (American Heart Association)

                                 Fisher, Nancy (Texas Assn. of Local Health Officials)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society & Partnership for a Healthy Texas)

                                 Lane, Lee (Texas Association of Local Health Officials)

                                 Middleton, Richard (North East ISD)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington)

                                 Wolfe, Jared (Texas Association of Health Plans)

            HB 3506

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas - AFT)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools/ TX Rural Education Assn)

                                 Shields, Julie (TASB)

            HB 3694

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Self)

                                 Fitch, Michael (Texas Association of Sports Official)

                                 Jones, Matthew (Texas Association of Sports Officials)

                                 Williams, Ken (Texas Association of Sports Officials)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 McCraw, Ken (TX Assn of Community Schools/ TX Rural Education Assn)

                                 Tipton, Sam (Texas Girls Coaches Association)

                 Against:

                                 Kaschube, Paul (Self)

                                 Risner, Ray (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cousins, Mark (UIL)

            SB 764

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC - Texas Building Branch)

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