WITNESS LIST
Education Committee
April 8, 2003 - 8:30A
SB 76
FOR: Bresette, Patrick (Center for Public Policy
Priorities), Austin, TX
Dochen, Sandy (IBM), Austin, TX
Engelking, Linda (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Assoc.), Plano, TX
Litton, Todd (Preschool for ALL/Center for Houston's
Future & Greater Houston Collaborative for
Children), Houston, TX
Strickland, James (Self), Austin, TX
ON: Garrett, Donna (TX Workforce Comm), Austin, TX
Grunewald, Rob (Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis), Minneapolis, TX
Pewitt, Bill (Texas Licensed Child Care Assn.),
Austin, TX
Wisnoski, Joe (Texas Education Agency), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Carpenter, Bill (Houston ISD), Houston, TX
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools),
Laguna Vista, TX
Ramm, Harold (Texas Association of Community
Schools), Austin, TX
Scheberle, Drew (Texas Business and Education
Coalition), Austin, TX
Whelan, Lauren (Association of Texas Professional
Educators), Austin, TX
Providing written testimony:
For: Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals &
Supervisors Association), Austin, TX
SB 700
FOR: Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference), Austin,
TX
AGAINST: Burleson, Edd (Texas Association of Private &
Parochial Schools (TAPPS)), Salado, TX
Orr, Dawson (Texas Association of School
Administrators), Austin, TX
Rutledge, D.W. (Texas High School Coaches Asso.),
Austin, TX
Schumaker, Martin (Texas Association of Private and
Parochial Schools), San Antonio, TX
ON: Thompson, David (Self), Houston, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Collins, Robby (Dr. Mike Moses/DISD), Dallas, TX
Joseph, Eddie (Texas High School Coaches Assoc.),
Austin, TX
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools),
Laguna Vista, TX
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance (TSA)), Austin,
TX
Ramm, Harold (Texas Association of Community
Schools), Austin, TX
Reeves, Gary (Texas Assoc. School Personnel Adms.),
Austin, TX
Tipton, Sam (Texas Girls Coaches Association),
Austin, TX
Wolski, Eddie (Texas High School Coaches Assoc.),
Austin, TX
SB 1096
FOR: Eaton, Holly (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc), Austin,
TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
Whelan, Lauren (Association of Texas Professional
Educators), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Borden, Sandi (TX Elem. Principals & Supervisors
Assoc.), Austin, TX
Cheatham, Philip (Texas Association of School
Boards), Austin, TX
Kelly, Jack (Texas State Teachers Association),
Austin, TX
Soehnge, Karen (TX Assoc. of School Administrators
(TASA)), Austin, TX
SB 1366
FOR: Stevens, John H. (Texas Business and Education
Coalition), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Campbell, Jack (Texas Association of Business),
Austin, TX
Soehnge, Karen (TX Assoc of School Administrators
(TASA)), Austin, TX
SB 1394
FOR: Carpenter, Bill (Houston ISD), Houston, TX
Engelking, Linda (Texas Elementary Principals and
Supervisors Assoc.), Plano, TX
McAfee, Archie (Texas Association of Secondary
School Principals), Austin, TX
Richardson, Fred (Self - Texas Association of
Secondary School Principals), Austin, TX
Torres, Alex (Texas Association of Secondary School
Principals), Austin, TX
Whelan, Lauren (Association of Texas Professional
Educators), Austin, TX
ON: Eaton, Holly (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc.), Austin,
TX
Lara, Rene (Texas Federation of Teachers), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cheatham, Philip (Texas Association of School
Boards), Austin, TX
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools),
Laguna Vista, TX
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance (TSA)), Austin,
TX
Reeves, Gary (Texas Assoc. School Personnel Adms.),
Austin, TX
Soehnge, Karen (Tx Assoc. of School Administrators
(TASA)), Austin, TX
Troxell, Dan (Cypress-Fairbanks ISD), Houston, TX
SB 1510
FOR: Hinojosa, Irma (TABE Texas Association for Bilingual
Education), San Antonio, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Golson, Kathy (Texas Assn. of School Boards),
Austin, TX
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools),
Laguna Vista, TX
Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance), Austin, TX
Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense &
Educational Fund (MALDEF)), San Antonio, TX