WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            May 21, 2015 Upon final adjourn./recess

            SB 33

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bunker-Henderson, Nichole (TEA)

            SB 507

                 For:

                                 Allen, Angela (Self; Cisd PD)

                                 Borjas-Snowden, Lilian (Self)

                                 Evans, Rex (CISD PD)

                                 Ford, Stacy (Self; CHRPA)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                 Madrazo, Judith (Self)

                                 Rideau, Breggett (Self)

                                 Suter, Margaret (Self)

                                 Tassin, Kristin (Self)

                                 Von Heinkel, Ahren (Self)

                                 Watson, Bethany (Self)

                                 Watson, Micah (Self)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education and Texas Association of

                                 School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Savercool, Michael (Austin ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Von Heinkel, Aiden (Self)

                                 Watson, Brian (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                 On:

                                 Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 811

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Moreno, Celina (Self; MALDEF)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Self)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bearden, Chase (Coalition of texans with disabilities)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Hart, Michael (Self)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter seals central texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

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

            SB 1004

                 For:

                                 Webster, Michael (Houston ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Grammer, Chris (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Webster, Todd (Spring Branch Independent School District)

                 Against:

                                 Johnson, Steven (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 1222

                 Against:

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cardenas, Melva V (Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Powell & Leon, L.L.P.)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 On:

                                 Bunker-Henderson, Nichole (TEA)

                                 Phillips, Doug (TEA)

            SB 1494

                 For:

                                 Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 McDowell, Susan (Self; LifeWorks)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Garcia, Eileen (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Olson, Kym (Self; Board Member, Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)

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