WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
May 5, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Willis, Randy (Granger ISD, texas rural education assoication, texas community of schools,
and central texas school board assoication)
Against:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
On:
Zyskowski, Gloria (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Assoc of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
York, Dwain (Self; Wimberley ISD)
On:
Cloudt, Criss (Texas education agency)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Allred, James (Self; Texas Dermatological Society)
On:
Gershenwald, M.D., Jeffrey (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Long, Matt (Self)
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For:
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Baldwin, Steve (Self; Texas association of the deaf)
Valverde, Donna (Self)
On:
Maass, Peter (Texas Facilities Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Timperlake, Benna (Self)
On:
Hilderbran, Harvey (Texas Facilities Commission)
Rodgers, Terri (Texas Facilities Commission)
Against:
Smith, Debbie (Self; San Marcos CISD and Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented)
Torres, Debi (Self; Austin Independent School District)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Long, Matt (Self)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
Against:
Colburn, JJ (Self; Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented)
For:
Dunn, David (Self; Texas Charter Schools Association)
Mays, William (Self; Ulift education)
On:
Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Darcy, Jessica (Self; Kipp Austin Public Schools)
Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
On:
Griffin, Paula (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Morath, Mike (Self)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
On:
Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)
Rowell, Ronald (Texas education agency)
For:
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Assoc of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
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For:
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Long, Matt (Self)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Frandsen, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Boswell, Courtney (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Campbell, Grover (Texas Assoc of School Boards)
Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Graves, Ashlea (Houston ISD)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Linn, Julie (Texans for Education Reform)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Rural Education
Association)
Petty, Cameron (Texas Institute for Education Reform)
Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
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For:
Whitsett, Maria (Texas School Alliance)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Against:
Long, Matt (Self)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
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