WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            May 7, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            SB 119

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 122

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Associatoin)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 172

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PArent Teacher Association)

                                 Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texans care for children)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Glaser, Marnie (Commit!)

                                 Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools TACS)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 503

                 For:

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                                 Wofford, Molly (Texas Partnership for Out of School Time)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Altobelli, Joan (Self; Texas Afterschool Association)

                                 Arnold, Jay (Texas Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Finck, James (Texas Alliance of YMCAs)

                                 Garcia, Veronica (Houston ISD)

                                 Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)

                                 Lilly, Janna (TCASE  Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Maddox, David (Kids First)

                                 Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Smith, Addie (Texas Charter Management Organizations)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 504

                 For:

                                 Lindley, Julie (Self; Texas school nurses association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Against:

                                 Gill, John (Self)

                                 Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)

                                 Kant, Andrew (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Melton-Kissel, Jann (Department of State Health Services)

            SB 547

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Tommy (Universal Academy)

                                 Jones, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                 Against:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 684

                 Against:

                                 Lindley, Julie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Dimitry, Lauren (The Partnership for a Healthy Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Blanke, Laura (The Public Health Coalition)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools TACS)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 816

                 For:

                                 George, Catherine (Self; College Station ISD)

                                 Goforth, Laurie (Self; Dickinson ISD)

                                 Hill, Deena (Self; Pasadena ISD and TCASE)

                                 Peltier, Cynthia (Self; Texas City ISD)

                 Against:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Borreca, Chris (Self; 80 different school districts)

                                 Borreca, Chris (Self; Dr jesus chavez)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Jones, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Lilly, Janna (TCASE  Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools TACS)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Against:

                                 Dempsey, Claire (Self; Katy Autism Support)

                                 Harvey, Donna (Self)

                                 Kaminsky, Sheryl (Self)

                                 LaViola, Mara (Self; I have over 700 signatures endorsing my testimony and 2 organizations)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Masha, Catherine (Self; Katy Autism Support)

                                 Reece, Cynthia (Self; Katy Autism Support)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 833

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                                 LeBleu, Stephanie (Texas CASA)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Self; TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for the Protection of Children)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth, and Families)

            SB 1380

                 For:

                                 Harvey, Donna (Self)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Kaminsky, Sheryl (Self)

                                 LaViola, Mara (Self; I have over 700 signatures endorsing my testimony and 2 organizations)

                                 Nelson, Flor (Self)

                                 Penny, David (Self)

                                 Rideau, Breggett (Self)

                                 Villarreal, Nikki (Self)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lilly, Janna (TCASE  Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cigala, Maria (Self)

                                 Cigala, Moises (Self)

                                 Cotten, Brandy (Self)

                                 Dempsey, Claire (Self; Katy Autism Support)

                                 Ford, Stacy (Self)

                                 Geigerman, Louis (Self)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                                 Kushner, Marcia (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Masha, Catherine (Self; Katy Autism Support)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Moncivais cavazos, Aida (Self)

                                 Polvado, Lamarque (Self; Connections project)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Preston, Fred (Self)

                                 Preston, Patricia (Self)

                                 Reece, Cynthia (Self; Katy Autism Support)

                                 Risher, Deborah (Self; International Autism Ministry)

                                 Serrano, Lydia (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David D (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Goforth, Laurie (Self; Dickinson ISD)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 1474

                 For:

                                 Frey, Neal (Self)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas classroom teachers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas association of community schools TACS)

                                 Popinski, Bob (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 1509

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

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