WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            February 19, 2019 - 11:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 55

                 For:

                                 Feigen, David (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Tovar, Nancy (Self)

                 On:

                                 Porter, Jacquie (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Kelley, Karen (Self; League of women voters of texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (CPPP)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Cortes-Castillo, Ami (Austin isd)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 65

                 For:

                                 Feigen, David (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Luke, Charles (Self; Pastors for Texas Children)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals texas)

                                 Stone, Ellen (Texas Appleseed)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (CPPP)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Hanson, Terri (TEA)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Parrish, Melody (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 102

                 For:

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Culpepper, Carrie (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Hoffman, Thomas (Sibme)

                                 Hoover, JoLisa (Self)

                                 Lee, Michael (Texas Association of Rural Schools)

                                 Romero, Estevan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educate Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Kelley, Karen (Self; League of women voters of texas)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Raise Your Hand Texas)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Sobel, Lindsay (Self; Teach Plus Texas)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (CPPP)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Regal, Tim (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 108

                 For:

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Hicks, Sheri (Texans advocating for meaningful student assessments)

                                 Hodges, Brianna (Self)

                                 Tovar, Nancy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Kelley, Karen (Self; League of women voters of texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Trevino, Theresa (Self; Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Crowe, Jamie (TEA)

                                 Kane, Tyson (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 109

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Mauze, Heather (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 111

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Davis, Wendy (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Fine-Knapp, Deborah (Self; BeLydia)

                                 Owen, Jasmine (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Shahane, Rhea (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Alma (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Baker, Lauren (Self; Deeds not words)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Reyes, Andrea (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                                 Yoli Ferla, Claudia (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Zeko, Tatum (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Montano, Matt (TEA)

            HB 116

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Alvarez, Leslie (Self)

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Carter, Donald (Impact Dyslexia)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Hoffman, Thomas (Sibme)

                                 Litzinger, Amy (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (Self)

                                 Owens, Serenity (Impact Dyslexia)

                                 Owens, Serenity (Self)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Williams, Tiffany (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Kelley, Karen (Self; League of women voters of texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Meroney, Shannon (Self; Impact Dyslexia)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Patience, Dee Copeland (Self)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Ramirez, Bianca (Self)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals texas)

                                 Straus, Stephen (Self)

                                 Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Franklin, Ryan (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Porter, Justin (TEA)

            HB 120

                 For:

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Associatio for Bilungual Education (TABE))

                                 Tovar, Nancy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (NASW)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Kelley, Karen (Self; League of women voters of texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Kane, Tyson (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

            HB 128

                 For:

                                 Romo, Joel (The Cooper Institute)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 134

                 For:

                                 Bratton, Stephen (Self)

                                 Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Huls, Dale (Self)

                                 Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self; Self)

                                 Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Robinson, John (Self)

                                 Stanart, Gail (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Wilson, Jamie (Self; Fast Growth Schools Coalition, Texas Association of School

                                 Administrators Administrators,  Texas Association of School Boards, Denton ISD)

                 On:

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bohnert, Henry (Self)

                                 Bohnert, Richard (Self)

                                 Bratton, Nikki (Self)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self)

                                 Hussey, William (Self; Llano Tea Party)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mccauley, Ronda (Self)

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

                                 Putnam, Teryy (Self)

                                 PUtnam, Wilma Joy (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 De Leon, Marty (Texas Urban Council)

                                 Ginsburg, Tracy (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Arlington Independent School District)

                                 Lee, Michael (Texas Association of Rural Schools)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Rohrbach, Kenneth (Medina Valley ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Adkins, Christina (Texas Secretary of State)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Marx, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Segura, Matias (Austin ISD)

            HB 165

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Mcguire, Kristin (TCASE)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Broughal, Christine (Self; Texans for Special Education Reform)

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (North East Independent School District)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self; Easterseals texas)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Porter, Justin (TEA)

            HB 187

                 For:

                                 Blackmon, Larry (Self; Parents against community crime organization)

                                 Foster, Claude (Self; Cga consulting Group)

                                 Gardner, Regina (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 On:

                                 Adkins, Christina (Texas Secretary of State)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (Texas American Federation of Teachers))

                 Against:

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Crabill, AJ (TEA)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

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