WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            April 7, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 744

                 For:

                                 Taylor, Paul (Texas Association of School Boards Risk Management Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

                                 Morath, Mike (Self)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1170

                 For:

                                 Gordon, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1171

                 For:

                                 Gordon, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                 Against:

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1706

                 For:

                                 LaRue, Sally (TCASE Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

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

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Pacheco, Micahael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1759

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Mcgeady, John (Legislative budget board)

                                 Spurgin, Janet (LBB)

            HB 1796

                 For:

                                 Oliver, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Rhodes, Abrianna (Self)

                                 Toussant, Jarrad (Texans for Education Reform)

                                 Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Scherff, Carter (Hays cisd)

                 On:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Benitez, Andrew (Self)

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Dupuy, Trevor (Self)

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)

                                 Hart, Tom (Self; The City of Grand Prairie)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Husset, Bill (Self)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Morath, Mike (Self)

                                 Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                                 Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Self)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Fast Growth School Coalition)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1798

                 For:

                                 Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Benitez, Andrew (Self)

                                 Jones, Adam (Texans for Education Reform)

                                 Morath, Mike (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)

                 Against:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Association)

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

                 On:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1804

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                 On:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fernandez, Martha (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Gutierrez, Michael (Self)

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

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

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Against:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1993

                 For:

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Assn)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

            HB 2543

                 For:

                                 Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Benitez, Andrew (Self)

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Davenport, Ryan (Self)

                                 Hinojosa, Saul (Somerset ISD)

                                 Hodge, Stacey (Self)

                                 Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)

                                 McDaniel, David (Self)

                                 Watkins, Kristen (Self)

                                 Young, Caprice (Self; Texans for Education Reform)

                 Against:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Association)

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

                 On:

                                 Baxter, Andy (Sreb)

                                 Fitzpatrick, John (Educate Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Shah, Rebecca (Data Quality Campaign)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Watts, Brandi (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Morath, Mike (Self)

                                 Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Rodriguez, Al (Elgin isd)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)

                                 Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Self)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Ruiz, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Wadbrook, Catherine (Self)

                 On:

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

                                 Regal, Tim (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

            HB 2545

                 For:

                                 Clawson, John (Mullin ISD)

                                 Mickelson, Steven (Mullin Independent School District)

                                 Nichols, Nancy (Self; Mullin ISD)

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

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

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

            SB 149

                 For:

                                 Cook, Kim (Self; Tamsa)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Horn, Anna (Self)

                                 Horn, Robert (Self)

                                 Klussmann, Duncan (Texas school alliance)

                                 Lively, Jw (Self)

                                 Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Oman, Melissa Nicole (Self)

                                 Ruiz, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Trevino, Theresa (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)

                                 Wadbrook, Catherine (Self)

                                 Willis, Randy (Granger isd)

                 Against:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)

                 On:

                                 Barnes, Michael (Texas Center for Educational Policy (TCEP) at the School of Education at

                                 the University of Texas, Austin)

                                 Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Eastman, Anna (Houston ISD)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hinojosa, Gina (Self)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

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

                                 Moffat, Susan (Self)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools ; Texas Rural Education

                                 Association)

                                 Orr, Dawson (Highland Park ISD)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)

                                 Rue, Karen (Northwest ISD)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                 On:

                                 Cloudt, Criss (Tea)

                                 Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Skillern-Jones, Rhonda (Houston ISD)

                                 Zyskowski, Gloria (Texaas Education Agency)

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