WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April  14, 2009  upon final adjourn./recess
AG OPINION
 
     On:
ANDERSON, DAVID (TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY)
 
 
 
 
HB  813
 
    For:
CHAMBERS, HD (STAFFORD MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
 
MOORE, TED (LOVEJOY ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BENESKI, AMY (TX ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
FULKERSON, GINA  (Self)
 
 
GIARRATANI, DOMINIC (TEXAS ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
GRUSENDORF, BILL (TX ASSOC RURAL SCHOOLS)
 
 
McCRAW, KEN (TEXAS ASSN OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
TEXAS ASSN OF MID-SIZE SCHOOLS)
 
 
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
ROACH, TRACEY (TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION)
 
 
ROGERS, DON (TEXAS RURAL EDUCATION AGENCY)
 
 
WORSHAM, PHIL (JOAQUIN ISD)
 
 
YORK, DWAIN (WIMBERLEY ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  1512
 
    For:
BROWNSON, AMANDA (TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE)
 
 
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
WEST, STEVE (AUSTIN)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BENESKI, AMY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
COLLINS, ROBBY (DALLAS I.S.D.)
 
 
FIGUEROA, LUIS (MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE &EDUCATIONAL FUND (MALDEF))
 
 
GIARRATANI, DOMINIC (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
GRUSENDORF, BILL (TX ASSOC RURAL SCHOOLS)
 
 
MARRS, JAMES  (Self and BRECKENRIDGE ISD)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
PIERCE, WAYNE (EQUITY CENTER)
 
 
SHEETS, GENE (MULESHOE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS)
 
 
WORSHAM, PHIL (JOAQUIN ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
SANTIAGO, GWENDOLYN (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS)
 
 
 
 
HB  1555
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
BURTON, DR. GREY (MARTINSVILLE ISD)
 
 
CARTER, DEE (NAVARRO ISD)
 
 
CASEY, DANIEL  (Self)
 
 
CLARK, CATHERINE (TX ASSOC OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
COLBERT, PAUL (EL PASO ISD)
 
 
FIGUEROA, LUIS (MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE& EDUCATIONAL FUND (MALDEF))
 
 
GIBSON, GREG (CROWLEY ISD)
 
 
GREGG, BROCK (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GRUSENDORF, BILL (TX ASSOC RURAL SCHOOLS)
 
 
HOGG, BOWIE (ARLINGTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
    For:
HOLLINGSWORTH, LONNIE (TEXAS CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
HUNKAPILLAR, JERRY (MILLSAP ISD)
 
 
JAMES, LESLIE (FORT WORTH ISD)
 
 
KEY, WALTER (SAN AUGUSTINE ISD)
 
 
KING, MIKE (TARS& WEST RUSK CCISD)
 
 
KLUSSMANN, DUNCAN (TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE)
 
 
LEWIS, BRAD (STAMFORD ISD)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
MOAK, LYNN  (Self and TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE)
 
 
PIERCE, WAYNE (EQUITY CENTER)
 
 
PITTENGER, RANDY (BELTON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES)
 
 
ROBERTSON, STACI (STAMFORD)
 
 
SCARCELLA, LEONARD (CITY OF STAFFORD)
 
 
STOERNER, LOUIS (ALIEF ISD
EQUITY CENTER)
 
 
THOMPSON, DAVID (TEXAS ASSN. OF SCHOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
TRULL, PAUL (PARIS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
ALLEN, JOYCE  (Self)
 
 
ALLEN, TERRY (QUANAH)
 
 
BROWN, NICHOLAS (BLUM INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
 
CLAYTON, NAN (LUV-TX)
 
 
CLINE, MICHELLE  (Self)
 
 
COLLINS, ROBBY (DALLAS I.S.D.)
 
 
COYNE, CLINT (LINDEN-KILDARE CISD)
 
 
DEES, ROGER (CHIRENO ISD)
 
 
FLOWERS, DAVID (ZAVALLA ISD)
 
 
GARNER, ALLAN (CENTRAL I.S.D.)
 
 
GILCREASE, BUCK (HILLSBORO ISD)
 
 
GRAY, BRIAN (UNION GROVE ISD)
 
 
INNIS, DIANE (COVINGTON ISD)
 
 
JOHNSON, STEVE (MILLER GROVE ISD)
 
 
LONG, TOMMY (NORTH HOPKINS ISD)
 
 
MARRS, JAMES (BRECKENRIDGE I.S.D.)
 
 
MARTEL, GARY (DIBOLL I.S.D.)
 
 
MATHIS, KEVIN (DIBOLL ISD)
 
 
MCCOWN, SCOTT (CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES)
 
 
MCCRAW, KEN (TX ASSN OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
MCCRAW, KEN (TX ASSN OF MID-SIZE SCHOOLS)
 
 
MILLER, TOBY (SOUTHLAND ISD)
 
 
MORROW, DANNY (VAN ISD)
 
 
MORTON, DALE (WELSS ISD)
 
 
MORTON, JAMES (PRAIRILAND ISD)
 
 
PARKER, JIMMY (TAHOKE IND. SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
 
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
PERRY, DAVID (GORMAN ISD HB 1555)
 
    For:
ROGERS, DON (TEXAS RURAL EDUCATION ASSN.)
 
 
SEAY, ALAN  (Self)
 
 
SHARP, SUSAN  (Self)
 
 
SHEETS, GENE (MULESHOE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
 
SPEER, BRENDA (BYNUM ISD
BYNIM, TX)
 
 
STANLEY, RON (SALTILL ISD)
 
 
STEEBLER, ROBERT  (Self)
 
 
TARLETON, BILL (ABBOTT INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT
TEXAS RURAL EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
WALKER, DAVID (CHRISTOVAL I.S.D.)
 
 
WESTBROOK, ROBERT  (Self and BRACKETT ISD)
 
 
WITTE, JODDIE (VAN ISD)
 
 
WOOD, WESLEY  (Self)
 
 
WOODY, TOM (VERNON ISD)
 
 
WORSHAM, PHIL (JOAQUIN ISD)
 
 
YOUNGBLOOD, HERB (ABERNATHY, ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  2364
 
    For:
CHAMBERS, HD (STAFFORD MSD (MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT))
 
 
HOGG, BOWIE (ARLINGTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS)
 
 
SCARCELLA, LEONARD (CITY OF STAFFORD)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
GRUSENDORF, BILL (TX ASSOC RURAL SCHOOLS)
 
 
McCRAW, KEN (TX ASSN OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
PIERCE, WAYNE (EQUITY CENTER)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
COLLINS, ROBBY (DALLAS ISD)
 
 
WESTBROOK, ELENA (LOVEJOY ISD VOTERS)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
WORSHAM, PHIL (JOAQUIN ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  2563
 
Against:
MCCRAW, KEN (TX ASSN OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
THOMPSON, DAVID (TEXAS ASSN. OF SCHOOL ADMINSTRATORS   TASB, TASA
)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
HEFLIN, TALMADGE (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION
)
 
 
PACE, SHERYL (TEXAS TAXPAYERS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATION)
 
 
SULLIVAN, MICHAEL (TEXANS FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBLITY)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
WORSHAM, PHIL (JOAQUIN ISD)
 
 
 
 
HB  2893
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BENESKI, AMY (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIAITION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
GIARRATANI, DOMINIC (TEXAS ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
HOLLINGSWORTH, LONNIE (TEXAS CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
HB  3646
 
    For:
BOSSE, PORTIA (TEXAS STATE TEACHES ASSOCIATION)
 
 
CASEY, DANIEL  (Self)
 
 
CLARK, CATHERINE (TEXAS ASSOC OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
    For:
GREGG, BROCK (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
HOLLINGSWORTH, LONNIE (TEXAS CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
KLUSSMANN, DUNCAN (TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE)
 
 
MCCRAW, KEN (TX ASSN OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
 
 
MELINA RABB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
MOAK, LYNN  (Self and TEXAS SCHOOL ALLIANCE)
 
 
STOERNER, LOUIS (ALIEF ISD)
 
 
THOMPSON, DAVID (TEXAS ASSN. OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
YORK, DWAIN (WIMBERLEY ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
COLBERT, PAUL  (Self and EL PASO ISD)
 
 
GRUSENDORF, BILL (TX ASSOC RURAL SCHOOLS)
 
 
PIERCE, WAYNE (EQUITY CENTER)
 
 
WEST, STEVE (AUSTIN ISD)
 
 
WILLIAMS, MARK (AUSTIN ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
CLAYTON, NAN (LWV-TX)
 
 
COLLINS, ROBBY (DALLAS ISD)
 
 
FULKERSON, GINA  (Self)
 
 
JAMES, LESLIE (FORT WORTH ISD)
 
 
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
KEY, WALTER (SAN AUGUSTINE ISD)
 
 
MARRS, JAMES  (Self and BRECKENRIDGE I.S.D.)
 
 
WORSHAM, PHIL (JOAQUIN ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DAWN-FISHER, LISA (TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY)
 
 
 
 
HB  3697
 
    For:
BRASWELL, RAY (FAST GROWTH SCHOOLS COALITION AND DENTON ISD)
 
 
CLARK, CATHERINE (TX ASSOC OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
JOLLY, MIKE (BOSC, INC)
 
 
RUE, KAREN (NORTHWEST ISD
FAST GROWTH SCHOOL COALITION)
 
 
STOCKTON, DON (CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT)
 
 
THOMPSON, DAVID (TEXAS ASSN. OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BBANKSTON, JAMES (FRISCO ISD)
 
 
BINGHAM, WILLIAM (BOSC INC)
 
 
CASEY, DANIEL  (Self)
 
 
GRUSENDORF, BILL (TX ASSOC RURAL SCHOOLS)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
PENA, MARTIN (SOUTH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS)
 
 
ROGERS, DON (TX. RURAL ED. ASSN.)
 
 
SLAUGHTER, LAURA (MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OF TX)
 
 
 
 
HB  3740
 
    For:
CLARK, CATHERINE (TX ASSOC. OF SCHOOL BOARDS)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
ERBEN, ANDREW (TIER (TX. INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION REFORM)
TEXAS ASSN. OF BUSINESS)
 
 
MELINA RAAB, TED (TEXAS AFT)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
BENESKI, AMY (TX ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS)
 
    For:
EXTER, MONTY (ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS)
 
 
HOLLINGSWORTH, LONNIE (TEXAS CLASSROOM TEACHERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
ROGERS, DON (TEXAS RURAL ED. ASSN.)