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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 5, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 222

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops  of Texas)

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Michalik, Jordan (Texas PTA)

                                 Pierce, Lauren (Self; Americans for Prosperity Texas)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 455

                 For:

                                 Doyle, Marilyn (Self)

                                 Hopkins, Karin (Self; Any Baby Can)

                                 Ortiz, Ana (Self)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

                                 Weeks, Julie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare ministries)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

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

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 551

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Karen (Self; TASB)

                                 Rhodes, Richard (Self; Austin community college)

                                 Williams, Doug (Sunnyvale ISD, Texas Association of School Administrators, and Texas

                                 Association of Commuity Schools)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Pena, Martin (South texas association of schools)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 617

                 For:

                                 Fox, Brenda (Self; The ARC of The Gulf Coast)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Morris, Cindy (Self; ARC GC)

                                 Morris, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Schwartz, Cara (Self; Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))

                                 Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)

                                 Vaughn, Deborah (ARC of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare ministries)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Hanophy, Jim (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 642

                 For:

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)

                 On:

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Aquino-Garza, Priscilla (Stand for Children Texas)

                                 Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist Healthcare ministries)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Self; Texans Care for Children)

                                 Wurzel, Geoff (TechNet)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 753

                 For:

                                 Aquino - Garza, Priscilla (Stand for Children - Texas)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Heinrich, Carolyn (Self)

                                 Parrish, Deborah (Self)

                                 Urrabazo, Theresa (Saisd)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David (Group Excellence)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Eugene, Darrick (Texas Assoc. of Educational Service Providers)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Trevino, Theresa (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Partridge, Sally (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 931

                 For:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                 On:

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Huber, David (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Michalik, Jordan (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1264

                 For:

                                 Avrit, Karen (Self; Academic Language Therapy Association)

                                 Royal, Melanie (Self)

                                 Yarus, Mary (Self; Neuhaus Education Center)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Groce, Jeanetta (Self)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)

                                 Howell, Cherie (Self; Frisco ISD)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Smith, Jessica (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

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