WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            July 24, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 21

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Cowsar, Robin (Self)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Rainey, Tara (Self)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self; Eanes Advocates, Texans for Public Education)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                                 Singh, Arati (Texas PTA)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

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

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Rachea (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Allen, Marilyn (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Anderson, Cheryl (Self)

                                 Aschenbeck (Self)

                                 Barr, Laura (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Bellar, Kelly (Self)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Brewster, Jessica (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Broyles, Christina (Self)

                                 Burrow, Scott (Pringle-MorseCISD)

                                 Cain, Sally (Self; Texas Academic Language Therapy Association)

                                 Calderon, Frank (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Carman, Nate (Self; Teague ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Carraway, Angela (Self)

                                 Carroll, Cody (Self; Krum ISD)

                                 Carter, Gary (Self)

                                 Carter, Samantha (Self)

                                 Cass, Richard (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Caswell, Jeffery (Self)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (South texas association of schools)

                                 Chiles, Curtis (Self)

                                 Coachman, Austin (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Cocks, Jonathan (Self)

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Cooper, Shelley (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Cosio, Jake (Self)

                                 Cotham, Cindy (Self)

                                 Cowan, Kelly (Lovejoy)

                                 Darren, Webb (Lago Vista ISD)

                                 Devalla, Vindhya (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Dillon, Stacey (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Duran, Alejandro (Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Fink (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self)

                                 Ford, Todd (Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Fuller, Alexis (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Fuller, Christina (Self; Teague ISD)

                                 Fuller, Sancy (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Garcia, Cynthia (Self; Driscoll ISD)

                                 Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Gonzales, Leandro (Grady isd)

                                 Gore, John (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Gournay, Matthew (Self)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Greenwald, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Greenwald, Matthew (Self)

                                 Hardeman, Heather (Self)

                                 Haskin, Britni (Self)

                                 Haynes, Holly (Self)

                                 Hays, Shannon (Self)

                                 Healey, Alison (Self)

                                 Hebert, Bryan (School Taxpayer Relief Coalition)

                                 Herrema, Kyle (Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Heuer, Paul (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Hoffman, Courtney (Self; Texas ALTA, Academic Language Therapy Association)

                                 Hubbard, John (PharrSan Juan-Alamo ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hudson, Logan (Miami ISD)

                                 Josselet, Kent (Self; Ponder ISD)

                                 King, Daniel (Self)

                                 Koons, Desiree (Self)

                                 Koziatek, Cathy (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Kuneman (Self)

                                 Lindsey, Sara (Self)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Locke, Marshall (Self)

                                 Lynch, Chasity (Self)

                                 Marsel, Alice (Self)

                                 Mathy, Fela (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 McCaffity, Stephanie (Self)

                                 McQueen, Elizabeth (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (Self)

                                 Moore, Kali (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Moore, Ted (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Mueth, SaraJane (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Muizers, Dennis (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Muncy, Kenneth (Self)

                                 Nash, Dallena (Self)

                                 Nelson, Kyle (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

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

                                 Schools)

                                 Nicholson, James (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Nicholson, Sheryl (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Paris, Karl (Self; Teague ISD)

                                 Parker, Tami (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Patterson, Brian (Ira ISD)

                                 Peay, Aimee (Self)

                                 Peek, Whitney (Self)

                                 Perez, Jennifer (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Pool, Alicia (Self)

                                 Price, Allyson (Self)

                                 Puckett, James (Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Ramon, Veronica (Self; Driscoll isd)

                                 Raschendorfer, William (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Reaugh, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Ribeiro, Michelle (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Riddle, Meghan (Self)

                                 Riddle, Michele (Self)

                                 Rohlmeier, Jessie (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Rohlmeier, Ryan (Self)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                                 Saenz, Carina (Self)

                                 Saenz, Phillip (Self)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Schmidt, Catherine (Teague ISD)

                                 Segun, Tayo (Lovejoy isd)

                                 Shambaugh, Lynn (Self)

                                 Shipley, Nancy (Self; Krum ISD)

                                 Simmons-Brooks, Pamela (Self)

                                 Skaggs, Amy (Self)

                                 Skinner, Chris (Public Education)

                                 Smith, Amy (Parent lovejoy isd)

                                 Smith, Anne (Self)

                                 Smith, BARB (Self; Lovejoyisd)

                                 Smith, Jami (Self)

                                 Stallings, Andrew (Self; Lovejoy ISD, Lovejoy High School)

                                 Stone, Kathy (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Sullivan, Sinjita (Self)

                                 Sweeney, Gloria (Lovejoy isd)

                                 Taylor, Dennis (Self; Ira ISD)

                                 Thomas, Mika (Self)

                                 Tracy, Anne (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Trevino, Randy (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Turner, Vicki (Self)

                                 Vasquez, Annette (Self)

                                 Vela, Leah (Self)

                                 Wall, Russell (Self; Ira ISD)

                                 Ward, Lauren (Self)

                                 Wilkins, Jill (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Winkler, Mary (Self; Lovejoy isd)

                                 Womack, Dennis (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Wood, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Yeager, Bruce (Self; Ponder isd)

                                 Young, Michelle (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 BERRY, ANALUCIA (Self)

                                 Blanton, Dana (Self)

                                 Burleson, John (Self; Travis County Resistance)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Lee, Timothy (Texas ret teachers assn)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Miller, Nichole (Self)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEf)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Saxena, Shubhada (Self)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Fast Growth School Coalition)

            HB 23

                 For:

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

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

                                 Potts, Suzanne (Self; Autism Society of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Cain, Sally (Self; Texas Academic Language Therapy Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Cotham, Cindy (Self)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Greenwald, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Greenwald, Matthew (Self)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

                                 Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hubbard, John (PharrSan Juan-Alamo ISD)

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

                                 Schools)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Peek, Whitney (Self)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Spencer, Virginia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Ayres, Monica (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Blanton, Dana (Self)

                                 Dell'Antonio, Andrew (Self)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self)

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Miller, Nichole (Self)

                                 Miyakawa, Felicia (Self)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Tannehill-miyakawa, Lucien (Self)

            HB 61

                 For:

                                 Conley, Nicole (Austin ISD)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 BERRY, ANALUCIA (Self)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Burleson, John (Self; Travis County Resistance)

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Cotham, Cindy (Self)

                                 Darren, Webb (Lago Vista ISD)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Harris, Dana (Greater austin chamber of commerce)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Miller, Nichole (Self)

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

                                 Schools)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Peek, Whitney (Self)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 62

                 For:

                                 Conley, Nicole (Austin ISD)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                 On:

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 BERRY, ANALUCIA (Self)

                                 Burleson, John (Self; Travis County Resistance)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Cotham, Cindy (Self)

                                 Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

                                 Harris, Dana (Greater austin chamber of commerce)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Miller, Nichole (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Peek, Whitney (Self)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Saxena, Shubhada (Self)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 194

                 For:

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carman, Nate (Self; Teague ISD)

                                 Chiles, Curtis (Self)

                                 Cotham, Cindy (Self)

                                 Darren, Webb (Lago Vista ISD)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Fuller, Christina (Self; Teague ISD)

                                 Garcia, Cynthia (Self; Driscoll ISD)

                                 Hubbard, John (PharrSan Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

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

                                 Schools)

                                 Paris, Karl (Self; Teague ISD)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Patterson, Brian (Ira ISD)

                                 Ramon, Veronica (Self; Driscoll isd)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Schmidt, Catherine (Teague ISD)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                                 Skinner, Chris (Public Education)

                                 Vasquez, Annette (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Greater austin chamber of commerce)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Miller, Nichole (Self)

            HB 197

                 For:

                                 Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                 On:

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Blanton, Dana (Self)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Cotham, Cindy (Self)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

                                 Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hubbard, John (PharrSan Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

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

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEf)

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

                                 Schools)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Miller, Nichole (Self)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 234

                 For:

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Elenz, Amber (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

                                 Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hubbard, John (PharrSan Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

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

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEf)

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

                                 Schools)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 258

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)

                                 Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc rural schools)

                                 Hubbard, John (PharrSan Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

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