WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 18, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Deuter, Melissa (Self; Davids Legacy Foundation)
Exter, Monty (Self)
Gurwitz, Jordan (Self; David's Legacy Foundation)
Jones, Justin (Self)
Molak, Matt (Self)
Molak, Maurine (Self)
Morell, Michael (Self; David's Legacy Foundation)
Scott, Blaine (Self; David's legacy)
Singh, Arati (Texas PTA)
Smaistrla, Clayton (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal Co. Criminal District Attorney)
Vasquez, Leo (Self; Davids legacy)
Vela, Michelle (Self)
Vela, Raul (Self)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
McDonald, Gabriella (Texas Appleseed)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas Suicide Prevention Council (separate registration for Mental Health
America of Texas))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Jim (Texas Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs)
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Banda, Jennifer (Self)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)
Bujanda, Miryam (Self; Andrade-Van de Putte & Associates)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Clare, Lacey (Self)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (AT&T)
Delarosa, Julie (Self)
Deuter, Christopher (Self; Davids Legacy Foundation)
Dickson, Abigail (Self)
Dickson, April (Self)
Dickson, Isaiah (Self)
Dickson, Soren (Self)
Dickson, Zora (Self)
Duggins, Raymond (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Flores, Robert (Texas Citizens Action Network)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gonzalez, Jr., Emilio (Self)
Gurwitz, Jonathan (Self; David's Legacy Foundation)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL Alliiance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Jones, Roxanne (Self)
Martinez, Stephanie (Self; Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church)
Matthews, Matt (Self)
Matthews, Stephanie (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Molak, Kelly (Self)
Molak, Marc (Self)
Molak, Sophia (Self)
Morell, Camille (Self)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Schumann Tomlinson, Brandy (Self)
Short, Jim (Self)
Snyder, Tori (Self)
Solt, Misty (Self)
Stephens, V.A. (SOS Liquid Waste Haulers, Carter Mayfield, San Antonio)
Sweeney, Corrisue (Self)
Sweeney, Michael (Self)
Williams, Sharonda (Self)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Self; David's Legacy Foundation)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self)
Guidry, Megan (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
Pounds, Brandy (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
On:
Barron, Josefina (Self)
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Ferguson, Jay (Texas Private School Association)
Gonzalez, Esmeralda (Self)
Hassett, Kristi (Self)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Madison, David (Self; Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools, Texas Private School
Association)
Stoltz, Candace (Texas education Agency)
Against:
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Jill (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Akay-Sullivan, Sinem (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Bacon, Katherine (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Barron, Josefina (Self)
Boswell, Jennifer (Self)
Burger (TCA)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Casarez, Lesley (Self)
Clare, Lacey (Self)
Crow, Monya (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gomez, Brenda (Self)
Gonzalez, Esmeralda (Self)
Gonzalez, Jr., Emilio (Self)
Guidry, Megan (Self)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
Holmberg-Abel, Darla (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Juarez, Irma (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mickelsen, Rachel (Self)
Mills, Alexandria (Self; Txca)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Nichols, Jennifer (Self; TCA)
Nichols, Jennifer (Self; TCA)
Odom, Jean (Self; TCA)
Pounds, Brandy (Self)
Reinertsen, Chanel (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Sandoval, Ariadna (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Schumann Tomlinson, Brandy (Self)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Snyder, Tori (Self)
Solt, Misty (Self)
Staton, Tonya (Self; TCA)
Sullivan, Jeffrey (Self; Texas counseling association)
Thompson, Gabrielle (Self)
Walkee, Kate (Self)
Whaley, John (Self)
White, Betty (Self)
Williams, Sharonda (Self)
Against:
Cavazos-Reyna, C (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund))
Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Schaper Jr, Wayne (Instructional Materials Coordinators Association of Texas (IMCAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Fogle, Jordan (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Williams, Doug (Self; Sunnyvale ISD)
Against:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
Schaper Jr, Wayne (Instructional Materials Coordinators Association of Texas (IMCAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Association)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corporation & Huntsman Corporation)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Apple, Inc.)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Stewart, Scott (Texas Chemical Council)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Williams, Doug (Self; Sunnyvale ISD)
Young, Audrey (Texas Association of School Boards and Apple Springs ISD)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Fitch, Michael (Texas Asociation of Sports Officials)
Guajardo, Alex (Self)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (University Interscholastic League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
For:
Fitch, Michael (Texas Asociation of Sports Officials)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (University Interscholastic League)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Gain, Kerry (Comal ISD)
Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)
Cavazos-Reyna, C (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Self)
Against:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Campbell, Lance (Lone Oak Independent School District, Texas Rural Education Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Cunha, Flavio (Rice University)
On:
Morath, Mike (Tea)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
For:
Hafezizadeh, Kris (Austin Independent School District)
On:
Cassidy, C. Brian (Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
King, David (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Nichols, Jennifer (Self; TCA)
For:
Marchand, Bruce (Texas Charter Schools Association)
On:
Housson, Shannon (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Butts, Edna (Austin Independent School District)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Cavazos-Reyna, C (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)
List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)
Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
For:
Holding, Katie (Round rock isd)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Housson, Shannon (TEA)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bielamowicz, Paul (Self; Texas Society of Architects)
Kader, Tom (Self; Texas Building Branch AGC)
Matheny, Tim (Self; TBB and AGC of Texas/ABC of Texas)
Mazanec, Ed (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxley, Jack (Texo the construction association)
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Long, Wade (Texas Surety Federation)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)
Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Byer, Von (Texas education agency)
Deviney, Lee (Texas Publc Finance Authority)
Hassett, Kristi (Self; Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Van oort, Kevin (Tx Public Finance Authority)
For:
Harp, Greg (Self; Graduation Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)
Casarez, Lesley (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gonzalez, Esmeralda (Self)
Gonzalez, Jr., Emilio (Self)
Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)
Guidry, Megan (Self)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corporation & Huntsman Corporation)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Stewart, Scott (Texas Chemical Council)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Reinertsen, Chanel (Self)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Blanks, Betsy (Self; Mental health america of greater houston)
Gulley, Annalee (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
On:
Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)
Kaplow, Julie (Self; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Jill (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Akay-Sullivan, Sinem (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Aslinia, Dean (Self)
Bacon, Katherine (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Barron, Josefina (Self)
Boswell, Jennifer (Self)
Burger (TCA)
Casarez, Lesley (Self)
Clare, Lacey (Self)
Crow, Monya (Self; Texas Counseling Association)
Doyle, Cynthia (Self)
Fogle, Jordan (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Fowler, Rebecca (Self; Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gomez, Brenda (Self)
Gonzalez, Esmeralda (Self)
Gonzalez, Jr., Emilio (Self)
Guidry, Megan (Self)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL Alliiance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness))
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Juarez, Irma (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Mickelsen, Rachel (Self)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Morrison, Kristi (Self)
Nichols, Jennifer (Self; TCA)
Odom, Jean (Self; TCA)
Pounds, Brandy (Self)
Reinertsen, Chanel (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Schumann Tomlinson, Brandy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Snyder, Tori (Self)
Staton, Tonya (Self; TCA)
Sullivan, Jeffrey (Self; Texas counseling association)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas Suicide Prevention Council (separate registration for Mental Health
America of Texas))
Thompson, Gabrielle (Self)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Walkee, Kate (Self)
Whaley, John (Self)
White, Betty (Self)
Williams, Sharonda (Self)
Ybanez-Llorente, Kathy (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Association)
Garcia, Kim (Georgetown ISD)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Rodgers, Randy (Self; Texas Computer Education Association)
Against:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Casarez, Lesley (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
On:
Belew, Kara (Texas education agency)
Miller, Tim (Texas Education Agency)
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