WITNESS LIST
Education Committee
April 3, 2003 - 8:30A
SB 251
FOR: Leal, Alma (Texas Counseling Association), Austin,
TX
ON: Ressel, Betty (Comptroller's Office), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Eaton, Holly (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc.), Austin,
TX
Friese, Jan (TX Counseling Association), Austin, TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
Whelan, Lauren (ATPE), Austin, TX
Against: De Leon, Michael (TASA), Austin, TX
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
Golson, Kathy (Texas Association of School Boards),
Austin, TX
SB 1109
ON: Eaton, Holly (TX Classroom Teachers Association),
Austin, TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: De Leon, Michael (TASA), Austin, TX
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
Golson, Kathy (TX Assn. School Boards), Austin, TX
Leydan, Tom (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals), Austin, TX
On: Franz, Bill (State Board for Educator Certif.),
Austin, TX
Patterson, Lisa (State Board for Educator
Certification), Austin, TX
SB 1359
FOR: Carpenter, Bill (Houston Independent School
District), Houston, TX
AGAINST: Hartman, Fred (Texas Press Association/Texas Daily
Newspaper Association), Rosenberg, TX
Morin, Milt (Daily Court Review/Texas Daily
Newspaper Association), Houston, TX
Sprinkle, G.K. (Daily Court Review/Daily Commercial
Record/Daily Commercial Recorder), Austin, TX
ON: VanPelt, Jeffrey (Comptroller of Public Account),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: De Leon, Michael (TASA), Austin, TX
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
Golson, Kathy (Texas Assn. School Boards), Austin,
TX
Hollingsworth, Jr., Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers
Association), Austin, TX
Against: Cates, Nuel (Daily Commercial Record), Dallas, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen), Austin, TX
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas), Austin, TX
On: Ressel, Betty (Comptroller's Office), Austin, TX
SB 1373
FOR: Richey, Alan (TASA Bronte I.S.D.), Bronte, TX
Sockwell, Keith (Northwest ISD/TASA), Ft. Worth, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cheatham, Philip (Texas Association of School
Boards), Austin, TX
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
Leydan, Tom (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals), Austin, TX
On: Nance, Dr. Deborah (Texas Youth Commission), Austin,
TX
Providing written testimony:
For: Brown, Cindy (Northwest ISD), Fort Worth, TX
Volding, Jeffrey (Northwest ISD), Roanoke, TX
SB 1488
FOR: Criswell, Marty (Bryan Ind. School District), Bryan,
TX
ON: Eaton, Holly (TX Classroom Teachers Association),
Austin, TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cheatham, Phillip (Texas Association of School
Boards), Austin, TX
De Leon, Michael (TASA), Austin, TX
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
Leydan, Tom (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals), Austin, TX
Whelan, Lauren (ATPE), Austin, TX
On: Benham, Rose (PRS-CPS), Austin, TX
Franz, Bill (State Board for Educator Certif.),
Austin, TX
Patterson, Lisa (State Board for Educator
Certification), Austin, TX
SB 1624
FOR: Frost III, Tom (Frost Bank), San Antonio, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: De Leon, Michael (TASA), Austin, TX