WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
March 29, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional)
Hodgins, David (Council of School Attornys)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gamez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Harrison, Lorna (Trevor Romain Co.)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Against:
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)
Matz, Laura (Learning.com)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hodgins, David (Council of School Attornys)
Levin, Marc (Texas public policy foundation/ Center for effective justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Maresh, Marquette (Self; Walsh Anderson Brown Gallegos & Green, P.C.)
On:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
For:
Downing, Nelson (Smith County Juvenile Board)
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)
Hayes, Tracey (ACLU of Texas)
Tomlinson, Lisa (Johnson County Juvenile Probation Dept - JJAEP)
Turner, Randy (Tarrant County Juvenile Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
Thompson, John (Polk County)
Against:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
For:
Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)
Praxis, Solveij (American Civil Liberties Union)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Against:
Hodgins, David (Council of School Attornys)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Brooke, Linda (TX. Juvenile Probation Comm)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)
Levin, Marc (Center for effective justice/ Texas public policy foundation)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)
Tomlinson, Lisa (Johnson County Juvenile Probation - JJAEP)
Turner, Randy (Tarrant County Juvenile Services)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Maresh, Marquette (Self; Walsh Anderson Brown Gallegos & Green, P.C.)
On:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
For:
Miller, Kathy (Texas Freedom Network)
Ratliff, Thomas (Self)
West, Sandra (Self)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
Levine, Ken (Sunset Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gámez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)
For:
Schneider, Robert (Austin ISD)
On:
Lyons, Alexandria (Austin School District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Gámez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)
McCreary, Casey (TX Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA))
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Smith, Alex (MALDEF)
On:
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
On:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)
Against:
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))
For:
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA (Parent Teacher Association))
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Maresh, Marquette (Self; Walsh Anderson Brown Gallegos & Green, P.C.)
On:
Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
Bredeson, Sheri (Self)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)
Matz, Laura (Learning.com)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Psychological Association)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)
On:
Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)
For:
Reed, Eileen (Self)
On:
Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Shields, Julie (Texas Assoc. of School Boards)
West, Sandra (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
For:
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Durrett, Tammy (Self)
Durrett, Taylor (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Miller, Cyral (Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Chauvin, Michele (Texas Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Murrell, Marty (Alliance of & for Visually Impaired Texans)
Pogrund, Rona (Texas Association for Education & Rehabilitation of the Blind & Visually
Impaired - TAER)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Becerra, Rodolfo (Governors Committee on People with Disabilities)
For:
Calvert, Robert (Fort Bend ISD)
Harris, Dwight (Texas AFT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
For:
Thomas, Amanda (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
For:
Arnett, Meredith (Self)
Baker, PHD, Julie (Houston ISD)
Barth, Ken (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Booker, Jerel (Stand for Children)
Correa, Alejandra (Self)
Higginbotham, Melissa (Self)
Holt, Eric (Self)
Pangilinan, Joanna (Self)
Penrod, Suzy (Self)
Welsh, Amber (Self)
Windham, James (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Wood, Ellen (Self)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
Eaton, Holly (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Malfaro, Louis (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Burleson, Steve (TX Association of Community Schools/ Tahoka ISD)
Cardenas, Melva (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Hund, Kirsten (Texas Elem. Principals & Supervisors Assoc. TEPSA)
Osborne, Cynthia (Project Educator Effectiveness & Quality (PEEQ) @ UT Austin)
West, Sandra (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Joseph (Self)
Cleary, Patrick (Self)
Clifford, Margaret (Self)
Fernandez, Tina (Self)
Flammer, Sean (Self)
Fritz, Ashleigh (Self)
Moore, Nicole (Self)
Salinas, Nelson (The Texas Assoc. of Business)
Solis, Miguel (Self)
Walsh, Evan (Self)
Against:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
McCreary, Casey (TX Assoc. of School Administrators (TASA)/ TX Assoc of School Boards
(TASB))
For:
Moore, Adrian (Council on at Risk Youth)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Levin, Marc (Texas public policy foundation center for effective justice)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bredeson, Sheri (Self)
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Cowan, Terry (Association of Substance Abuse Programs Council on At Risk Youth)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gámez, Erin (Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA))
Harris, Dwight (TX. AFT)
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of TX)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)
Matz, Laura (Learning.com)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)
On:
Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)
Horton, Colleen (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
For:
Russell, Debbie (ACLU - TX)
On:
Ward, Jeff (Texas Association of School District Police)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA (Parent Tchr Assoc))
Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)
Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Lightsey, Rebecca (Texas Appleseed)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Heath America of Texas)
Against:
Clark, James (TASER International)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Crowell, Aaron (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Roseveare, Daniel (Piper Jaffray & Co.)
Terry, PHD CPA, James (North East ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grimes, Margie (North East ISD)
Shields, Julie (TX Assoc. of School Boards)
On:
Pettus, Lance (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Against:
Borden, Sandi (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
For:
Reyna, Carlos (I Drive Safely)
Against:
Cazares Martinez, Aida (Cazares Defensive Driving School)
Givilancz, Eric (Roadworthy Driving Academy)
Hardy, Mike (Longhorn Driving Schools)
Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)
Pennington, Tom (Green Light Driving Academy)
Zaldivar, Robert (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benavides, Marco (Benavides Driving School)
Frost, Jack (Frost Driving School)
Hernandez, Laura (Self; Texas Driving School)
Morin, Adam (Frost Driving School)
Reyna, Norma (Texas Driving School 1107 Hwy 181 Portland, TX)
Reyna, Roberto (Self; ABC Driving School)
Thomas, Dawn (Austin Driving School of Fort Worth)
Walker, Gene (Self; Safeway Driving Center)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Martinez, Lauro (Cazares Driving School)
St. Romain, Malcolm (Self)
For:
Garza, Dan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Haney, Julie (TX Association of Community Schools (TACS))
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