WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April  3, 2007 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  893
 
    For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators, Texas Association of School Boards, Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators.)
 
 
Leyden, Tom (Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
HB  1287
 
    For:
Ford, Richard (Heritage Alliance)
 
 
Hill, Dr. Darci  (Self)
 
 
Koons, Robert C.  (Self)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
Scurry Jr., Richard G. (Bible Literacy Project)
 
 
Wachlin, Marie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Authur, Joy (People For The American Way)
 
 
Chancey, Mark  (Self)
 
 
Ferguson, John  (Self)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Elibiary, Mohamed (The Freedom and Justice Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Whitehurst, Emilee  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1616
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Wheatley, Melinda  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1632
 
    For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Bryan ISD)
 
 
Fritsch, Jennifer (Thomson-Gale)
 
 
Taylor, Paul (Center for Digital Education)
 
 
Vaughn, Jerry (Floydada ISD, Supt.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banks, James (Barbens Hill Independent School District)
 
 
Borskey, Chrissy (Dell Computer Inc.)
 
 
Burnett, Tom (Apple)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx. Association of Business)
 
 
Mansel, William L.  (Self)
 
 
McClanahan, Gloria  (Self)
 
 
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)
 
 
Stevener, Judy  (Self)
 
 
Stevener, Kristyn  (Self)
 
 
Veselka, Johnny (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
HB  1647
 
     On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Wheatley, Melinda  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2126
 
    For:
Dougherty, Chrys  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Story, Jamie (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Windham, Jim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2238
 
     On:
Story, Jamie (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Moak, Lynn  (Self and Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Windham, Jim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
HB  2411
 
    For:
Hoke, Tracy (Round Rock ISD and TASBO)
 
 
Staats, Randy (Round Rock ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bingham, William H.  (Self and Round Rock Indep. School Dist.)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Pulis, Susan (Eanes ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  2626
 
    For:
Flores, Rebecca (Houston ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Windham, Jim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2864
 
    For:
Abraham, Salem (TASB, Canadian ISD, and my 8 children)
 
 
Grusendorf, Wm. C. (Bill) (Texas Association of Rural Schools)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
HB  3145
 
    For:
Aylor, MD, Arden L. (Texas Medical Association)
 
 
Bergin, M.D., Barbara  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Kanz, Dr. Kevin D.  (Self and Texas Chiropractic Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Woolbert, Lynda (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berger MD, Michelle (Patients First Coalition)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Teusher, MD, David (Patient First, Texas Medical Association and Texas Orthopaedic Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Berry, Jordan (Texas Chiropractic Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Cousins, Mark (UIL)
 
 
 
 
HB  3171
 
    For:
Clark, Jeffrey (American Electronics Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Ratliff, Thomas (Microsoft)
 
 
 
 
HB  3425
 
    For:
Kellner, Susan (Raise Your Hand; parent)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Ratliff, Bill (Raise Your Hand Texas)
 
 
Tauer, Timothy M. (Education Resource Group)
 
 
Thompson, David (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Wheatley, Melinda  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Terry, Brooke Dollens (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Butt, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
 
 
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Assn.)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Halpin, Richard  (Self)
 
 
Klussmann, Duncan (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Miller, Debra  (Self)
 
 
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Moses, Mike (Raise Your Hand)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
 
 
Stevens, John H. (Texas Business and Education Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Windham, Jim  (Self)