WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May 19, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Alexander, Kim (Roscoe Collegiate ISD)
On:
Floyd, Robert (Self; Texas coalition for quality arts education)
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Henderson, Melissa (Educate Texas)
Janda, JD (Georgetown ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Barksdale, Jay (Metro 8 Chambers of Commerce)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assocition)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Findeisen, Les (Texas Trucking Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Organization)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
McGinnis, Larry (US Steel)
Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corp., BASF Corp., and Sherwin Alumina, Co.)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Shields, Susie (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Shields, Susie (Port of San Antonio)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Womack, Daniel (The Dow Chemical Company)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Boggs, Leslie (Texas PTA)
Brock, Loretta (Self)
Fernandez, Jr, Gavino (LULAC District 12)
Gomez, Patricia (Self)
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For:
Grissom, Darren (Texas PTA)
Gutierrez, Danae (Self)
Jones, Errol (HEAT Helping Educators Ally Tactfully)
Jonson, Elmo (Self; Rose of sharon baptist, 4th ward community leader)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
Monroe, Gerry (Self; The United Urban Alumni Association)
Murillo, Aurora (Self)
Quezada, Ceverina (Self)
Rose, Gabe (Parent Revolution)
Tafoya, Marcelo (Self; League of united latino citizens district 12)
Torres, Arnoldo (Self)
Turner, Caroll (Self)
White, Mary (Self; Ellis memorial church of god in christ)
Yanar, Omar (Self)
Against:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Miller, Dinah (Self)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Rios, Claudia (Self; Community Voices)
Sanchez, Monica (Self)
Tovar, Vincent (Self)
Vasquez Heilig, Julian (Self)
Vasquez heilig, Julian (Self)
On:
Leon, Grette (Parent revolution - translating for spanish speaking parents)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Armstead, Laron (Self)
Arzapala, Magdalena (Self)
Becerra, Mayra (Self)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Gomez, Sergio (Self)
Green, Nichole (Self)
Green, Nichole (Self)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
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For:
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Wyatt, Stephen (Self)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Boyle, Carolyn (Self; Texas Parent PAC)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Hinojosa, Mike (Self)
Jimenez, Maria (Self)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Malfaro, Louis (Self; Texas AFT)
Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rios, Mariana (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Sun, Wei-Ling (Self)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Franklin, Ryan (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Organization)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Organization)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Disher, Ralph (TEA)
McAfee, Alice (TEA)
For:
Luke, Charles (Self; Coalition for Education Funding)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Freeman, Ray (Equity center)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Organization)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Associationm of kCommunity Schools)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
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On:
MacLaurin, Andy (LBB)
Spurgin, Janet (Legislative Budget Board)
For:
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Alexander, Kim (Roscoe Collegiate ISD)
Benitez, Andrew (Self)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
McDorman, Colin (Self)
Toussant, Jarrad (Texans for Education Reform)
Against:
Sloan, Kris (Self)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Sun, Wei-Ling (Self; Texas Center for Education Policy)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Valenzuela, Angela (Tx center for Education Policy)
Worthington, Gregory (Self; Texas Center for Education Policy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Cook, Kim (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
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For:
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Organization)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Trecino, Theresa (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
Zyskowski, Gloria (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Against:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Associationm of kCommunity Schools)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assocition)
Malfaro, Louis (Self; Texas AFT)
Rios, Claudia (Self; Community Voices)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Tovar, Vincent (Self)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
On:
Cook, Marilyn (Texas Education Agency)
Meroney, Mike (Coalition for Effective Educator Preparation)
Against:
Cook, Kim (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Organization)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Majcher, Dineen (Self; TAMSA)
Trecino, Theresa (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Zyskowski, Gloria (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
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