WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 28, 2015 - 8:00 AM
For:
Hulin, Lara (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Against:
Friese, Jan (Texas Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eastman, Anna (Self; Houston ISD)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Hanna, Mark (Texas Society For Clinical Social Work)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Saxon, Lucinda (Legacy Community Health)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Isdale, Shawn (Self; Texas chiropractic association)
Isdale, Shawn (Self; TCA)
Jahadi, Dr Mo (Self)
Mills, Stephanie (Self)
Ryder, Kelly (Self; TCA)
Swanson, Jeff (Self; TCA/ Texas Stars Hockey)
Tyer, Kenneth (Self; Texas chiropractic college)
Against:
Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Tays, Cynthia (Self; Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barrington, John (Self; Tca)
Bennett-burton, Tina (Self)
Bronson, Mark (Self; National Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
Cochran, Dr. Christopher (Self)
Cunningham DC, Jeff (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dalrymple, Chris (Self)
Davis, DC, William (Self)
Ebwe, Princely (Self)
Gilmore, Scott (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Hergert, Dr Tyce Hergert DC (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Hollingsworth, Thomas (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Isdale, Sagen (Self)
Isdale, Sommer (TCA)
Isdale, Tina (TcA)
Jenkins, Jeff (Texas Chiropractic Association)
Johnston, Dallas (Self; TCA)
Kanz, Kevin (Self)
Liechty, Paul (Self)
Morgan, Jay (Self)
Pace, Craig (Texas Chiropractic Association)
Quinlan, Dr John (Self)
Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Nurse Practitioners)
Reynolds, Austin (Self; TCA)
Scaperato, Michael (Self)
Thomas, Beverly (Self)
Thomas, Ken (Self; Parker university)
Vandewalle, Mike (Self)
Vige, Max (Self; Texas chiropractic association)
Against:
Anderson, David (Texas State Athletic Trainers Association)
Capelo, Jaime (Coalition for Patient Safety)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Assn)
Luke, Charles (Self; Pastors for Texas Children)
Reed, Rachael (Self; Texas ophthalmological association)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (UIL)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Yarbrough, Yvette (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners)
For:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Brown, Kevin (Texas School Coalition)
Collins, Chad (Self; Lovejoy ISD)
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nieto, Carlos (Self; Presidio ISD)
Against:
Freeman, Ray (Equity Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Davis, Gary (Denver City ISD)
Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Lynch, Kyle (Canadian ISD)
Marshall, Scott (Sundown ISD)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Hutson, Lonnie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fincher, David (Self)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Against:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
For:
Cruz, Juan (Self)
Garcia, Jaime (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Long, Matt (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Sullivan, Ray (Amazon)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Wise, Andrew (Self; Microsoft)
On:
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Houston, Deivion (Self; Student@The Rhodes Schooll)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kelly, Bill (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Rendon, Homero (Self; Student@ The Rhodes School)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
White, David (Texas Psychological Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
On:
Heise, Jenna (Dept State Health Services)
Hobbs-Lopez, Angela (Department of State Health Services)
Miller, Tim (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Jackson, Mike (Self; Texhoma ISD)
Lenz, Steven (Texhoma ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)
Reed, Mary Christine (Self)
Against:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Hubert, Martin (Rice University)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Benavides, Nancy (Academy of Careers & Technologies Charter High School)
Dixon, Brian (Higgs, Carter, King Charter Academy)
Dunn, David (Self; Texas Charter Schools Association)
Gilder, Carrie (Self; Bay Area Charter School Inc)
Good, Rebecca (Self; Legacy Prep)
Landry, Ray (Higgs, Carter, King Charter Academy)
Martinez, Daniel (Higgs, Carter, King Charter Academy)
Nelson, Tonja (Academy of Careers & Technologies (ACT))
Yarbrough, Claudette (Higgs, Carter, King Charter Academy)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Foster, Stephen M (Academy of Charter & Technologies (ACT))
Glenn, Eric (TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION)
Nelson, Tanya (Academy of Careers and Technology)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
Against:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)
Long, Matt (Self)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Hagerla, David (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Guerrero, Jacob (Self)
Riley, Nancy (Tcase)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Stratton, Jennifer (Self)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Younger, Sylvia (Self)
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Dishner, Tony (Austin ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin isd)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)
Guerrero, Kathryn (Self)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Hernandez, Richard (ResCare, Inc.)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Long, Matt (Self)
Negovetich, Marisha (Texas Association of School Boards)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Wilson, Columba (Self)
On:
Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Beutel, Denise (Self; Highland Park ISD)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
For:
Allen, Nathan (Self)
Davidson, Lorenzo (The Rhodes School)
Ledet, Caleb (The rhodes school)
Lee, Jalah (The rhodes school)
Mcwaine, Sierra (The rhodes school)
Mills, Evan (The rhodes school)
Morath, Mike (Self)
Washington, Jarmaine (The Rhodes School)
On:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (Self; The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Bonton, Michelle (The Rhodes School)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Long, Matt (Self)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Ryan, Patrick (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Brandley, Alaysia brandley (Self)
Chandler, Alexis (Self; Stydent@The Rhodes School)
Mendez, Julius (Self; Student @The Rhodes School)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Ledet, Caleb (Self)
Lewis, Roman lewis (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Against:
Gordon, Lindsey (Texas Charter Schools Association)
For:
Kelly, J. Alex (Excellence in Education National, and the Foundation for Excellence in
Education)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
Mcconnell, Katie (Children At Risk)
Morris, Lalla (Families Empowered)
Against:
Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cavazos, Marcelo (Arlington ISD and the Texas School Alliance)
Chambers, H.D. (Texas School Alliance and Alief ISD)
Duron, Jodi (Self; Texas association of community schools and elgin isd)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Grissom, Darren (Texas PTA)
Koegler, Brenda (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Ratliff, Thomas (Self)
Vickrey, Cameron (Self; Pastors for Texas Childrem)
Willis, Randy (Granger ISD)
On:
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Swanson, Steve (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Dupuy, Trevor (Self)
Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)
Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)
Lehman, Mark (Texas association of Realtors)
Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)
Toussant, Jarrad (Texans for education reform)
Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School
Boards)
Brown, Kevin (Alamo Heights ISD nd TASA)
Cardenas III, Joe (Texas HOPE (Hispanics Organized for Political Education))
Curtis, Larriann (Texas PTA)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Luke, Charles (Self; Pastors for Texas Children)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association; Texas Association of Community
Schools)
Rotan, Wayne (Self; Glen Rose ISD)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Vickrey, Garrett (Self; Woodland Baptist Church)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Housson, Shannon (Texas Education Agency)
Hovanetz, Christy (Foundation for Excellence in Education)
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