WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 22, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Diaz, Tony (Self)
Doane, Jenna (Self)
Graves, Paulette (Self)
Haverly, Jasmine (Self)
Kongdara, Somprathana (Asian Texans for Justice)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Unda, Maria (Self)
Walker, Dezaree (Self)
Wright, Kaci (Intercultural Development Research Association)
Zamora, Emilio (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beth, Eliza (Self)
Chavez, Joseph (Self)
Cohen, Elaine (Self)
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Falgout, Julian (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers assoc)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform tX)
Moradel, Osman (Self; Texas AFT)
Ramirez, Javier (Self)
Reese, Kayla (Self)
Valenzuela, Angela (Self)
Villareal, Kendall (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Mcloughlin, Jessica (Texas education agency)
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On:
Rodriguez, David (Texas Education Agency)
Wolfe, Sarah (Texas Education Agency)
For:
LITTLETON, KRISTI (Port Aransas ISD)
Stockton, Danny (Plano ISD; Texas School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Austin, Lesley (Self; Rockport Fulton ISD)
Bender, Missy (Texas School Coalition)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cavazos, Michelle (Self; Gregory-Portland Independent School District)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Gearing, Bruce (Leander ISD)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McKinney, Sharon (Self; Port Aransas ISD)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Good Reason Houston)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Volk, Maia (Disability Rights Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Against:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
Sanders, Jolene (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
On:
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
Singer, Kaci (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
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For:
Browning, Dana (The Texas Girls School)
Wood, Justin (Self; Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, LLP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Bryce (Self; Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Corte, Frank (Self; International Leadership of Texas)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform tX)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Against:
Bates, Jennifer (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Cofield, Melanie (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers assoc)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Russell (Self)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Miller, Laura (Self)
Moradel, Osman (Self; Texas AFT)
Person, Maria (Self)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Schutte, Marian (TEA)
For:
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Chapel, Cooper (Self)
EVANS, MICHELLE (Self)
McKay, Benjamin (Self; Texas Homeschool Coalition)
Ruffo, Isabella (Self)
Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)
Against:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers assoc)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Moradel, Osman (Self; Texas AFT)
On:
Schutte, Marian (TEA)
For:
Harkleroad, Becca (Self; Texas School Nurses Organization)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cavazos, Michelle (Self; Gregory-Portland Independent School District)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Frazee, Jack (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition and Texas Nurses Association)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Person, Maria (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Carrasco, Laura (Self; International Leadership of Texas)
Conger, Eddie (Self; International Leadership of Texas Public Charter Schools)
On:
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Bryce (Self; Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Corte, Frank (Self; International Leadership of Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Jones, Garry (Democrats for Education Reform tX)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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For:
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Good Reason Houston)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
McGuire, Kristin (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Austin, Lesley (Self; Rockport-Fulton ISD)
Cavazos, Michelle (Self; Gregory-Portland Independent School District)
McKinney, Sharon (Self; Port Aransas ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Bender, Missy (Texas School Coalition)
Bickers, Leland (Coastal Windstorm Insurance Co.)
Brannan, Ryan (Galveston ISD)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County & City of Port Aransas)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Stawar, Brett (Self; Port Aransas Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Good Reason Houston)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Foust, Dr. Mark (Northwest ISD and the Texas Association of School Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
McCall, Quinn (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
On:
Sexton, Shane (Tx Education Agency)
Against:
Ponce, Susana (The Regional Hispanic Contractors Association)
On:
Husted, Ana (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Walker, Becky (Texas Society of Architects)
On:
Copeland, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hopkins, Perla (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
EVANS, MICHELLE (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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