WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            March 7, 2017 - 12:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 21

                 For:

                                 Adams, Shay (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self)

                                 DePalma, Rich (Self)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Harshman, Dusty (Self)

                                 Hoffman, Courtney (Texas ALTA)

                                 Lunceford, Mike (Houston ISD)

                                 Lusignolo, Cynthia (Self; Texas City ISD)

                                 Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance and Moak, Casey & Associates)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Singh, Arati (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Bush, Melanie (Conroe ISD)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                 On:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Begert, Bret (Self; Ft. Elliott CISD)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Henricksen, Aaron (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Meadows, Richard (Fort   Elliott c i s d)

                                 Moreno, Celina (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Spurgin, Janet (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD)

                                 Belknap, Karen (Self; A+Academy and Inspired Vision Church)

                                 Burks, Randy (Texas Schools Coalition, Snyder ISD)

                                 Cain, Sally (Self; North Texas Region Texas ALTA)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Carroll, Cody (Self; Krum ISD)

                                 Duron, Jodi (Self; Texas Association of Mid-Size schools)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (Self)

                                 Gladden, Linda (Self; Academic Language Therapy Association)

                                 Hebert, Bryan (School Taxpayers Relief Coalition)

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

                                 Marsel, Alice (Self; Dyslexia Center of Austin)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Fort Worth ISD)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Decoding Dyslexia)

                                 Pace, Sheryl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA))

                                 Rogers, Robert (Self)

                                 Sheffield, Heather (Self; Decoding Dyslexia)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Webster, R. Todd (Spring Branch ISD)

                                 White Flowers, Shala (Self; A+ Charter Schools)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Yeager, Bruce (Self; Ponder ISD)

                                 Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Self)

                                 Cavazos-Reyna, C LeRoy (Self; San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Waldron, Joe (Lefors ISD, Texas School Coalition)

                                 Waller, Jay (Ira ISD)

            HB 186

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Cavazos-Reyna, C LeRoy (Self; San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Chavez, Jesus (South Texas Association of Schools)

                                 Dow, Pauline (North East Independent School District)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Hernandez, Olivia (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)

                                 Pulte, Greg (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belknap, Karen (Self; Inspired Vision Church and A+ Charter Schools)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Calhoun, Frankie (Self)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Dresden, Ryden (Self)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Duron, Jodi (Self; Elgin Isd)

                                 Dutcher, Katharine (Self)

                                 Ebbo, Ash (Self)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (Self)

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Intercultural Development Research Association)

                                 Hunter, Melinda (Self)

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

                                 Martinez, Sofia (Self)

                                 Matthews, Carmen (Self)

                                 McClennahan, Kelly (Self)

                                 Patel, Jasmin (Self)

                                 Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Romero, Jesse (Texas Association for Bilingual Education)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)

                                 Sarantakes, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Solomon, Reid (Self)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 White Flowers, Shala (Self; A+ Charter Schools)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Self)

                                 Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                 On:

                                 Corsbie, Chris (Self)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Intercultural Development Research Association)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 223

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn)

                                 Calhoun, Frankie (Self)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Cavazos Weems, Digna (Self)

                                 Corsbie, Chris (Self)

                                 Daverth, Gwen (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)

                                 Dresden, Ryden (Self)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Dutcher, Katharine (Self)

                                 Ebbo, Ash (Self)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Frandsen, Barbara (Self)

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Gonzalez, Leah (Healthy Futures of Texas)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; TExasaft)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter, Melinda (Self)

                                 Martinez, Sofia (Self)

                                 Mathias, Jayme (Tasb)

                                 Matthews, Carmen (Self)

                                 McClennahan, Kelly (Self)

                                 Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Oglesby, Pamela (Self)

                                 Patel, Jasmin (Self)

                                 Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Sarantakes, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Arlington ISD)

                                 Solomon, Reid (Self)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Utzman, Aidan (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Self)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Nasw-tx)

                                 Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 395

                 For:

                                 Fletcher, Carol (Self; Pflugerville isd)

                                 Garcia, Kim (Self; TCEA)

                                 Graybill, Michele (Self; Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)

                                 Kolenda, Joe (Career and Technical Association of Texas (CTAT))

                                 Mica, Peggy (Self; Round Rock ISD)

                                 Morris, Dr. Marley (Self; Career & Technology Association of Texas)

                                 Thompson, Max (Self; Banquete ISD)

                                 Vahalik, Johnny (Career and Technology Association of Texas (CTAT))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canuteson, Ashley (Self; Midway ISD)

                                 Edenfield, Jennifer (Career and Technical Association of Texas)

                                 Ferguson, Diana (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences .Teachers Association of Texas)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harris, Dana (Texas 2050 Group)

                                 Jones, Erin (College Board)

                                 Matthews, Carmen (Self)

                                 Matz, Sarah (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Chemical Council, Huntsman Corp., and BASF Corporation)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Rodriguez, Marc (Apple, Inc.)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Speed, Hal (Self; CS4TX)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 Webster, R. Todd (Spring Branch ISD)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Williford, Jordan (Project Lead the Way)

                                 Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Arlington ISD)

                                 Suffren, Quentin (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 587

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Kim (Self; TCEA)

                                 Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bergland, Jennifer (Texas Computer Education Association)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Fletcher, Carol (Self; Pflugerville isd)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dana (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harris, Dana (Texas 2050 Group)

                                 Jones, Erin (College Board)

                                 Matz, Sarah (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Chemical Council, Huntsman Corp., and BASF Corporation)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Rodriguez, Marc (Apple, Inc.)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Glen Rose ISD)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Speed, Hal (Self; CS4TX)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 Thompson, Max (Self; Banquete ISD)

                                 Webster, R. Todd (Spring Branch ISD)

                                 Williford, Jordan (Project Lead the Way)

                                 Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Arlington ISD)

                                 Suffren, Quentin (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 811

                 For:

                                 Adams, Shay (Self; Lovejoy ISD)

                                 Aschenbeck, Ross (Sonora Independent School District)

                                 Burks, Randy (Snyder ISD, Texas School Coalition)

                                 Ford, Buck (Blanco ISD)

                                 Lusignolo, Cynthia (Self; Texas City ISD)

                                 Plymale, Dave (Goliad ISD)

                                 Spiller, David (Self; Jacksboro ISD)

                                 Velky, David (Rocksprings ISD)

                                 Waldron, Joe (Lefors ISD, Texas School Coalition)

                                 Waller, Jay (Ira ISD)

                                 Warren, Ryder (Northwest Independent School District)

                                 Yeager, Bruce (Self; Ponder ISD)

                 Against:

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)

                                 Puente, Jaime (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Begert, Bret (Self; Ft. Elliott CISD)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Self; San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Carroll, Cody (Self; Krum ISD)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hambrick, J Glenn (Self; Carthage ISD)

                                 Harris, Jason (Self; Carthage ISD)

                                 Hebert, Bryan (School Taxpayers Relief Coalition)

                                 Lancaster, Brad (Lake Travis ISD)

                                 Luke, Charles (Self; Coalition for Education Funding)

                                 Lynch, Kyle (Self; Canadian ISD)

                                 Marshall, Scott (Sundown ISD, Texas School Coalition, Small Rural Schools Finance

                                 Coalition)

                                 Meadows, Richard (Fort   Elliott c i s d)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Self; Glen Rose ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Spiller, Mason (Self)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Thoms, Jessie (Sundown ISD and Small Rural School Coalition)

                                 Williams, Doug (Sunnyvale ISD)

                 Against:

                                 Cavazos-Reyna, C LeRoy (Self; San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Intercultural Development Research Association)

                                 Puente, Jaime (Self; Texas Graduate Student Diversity)

                                 Pulte, Greg (Self)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 883

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julian (Self; Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 McClure, Barney (Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Canuteson, Ashley (Self; Midway ISD)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Ferguson, Diana (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

                                 Lynch, Kyle (Self; Canadian ISD)

                                 Matthews, Carmen (Self)

                                 Matz, Sarah (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Chemical Council, Huntsman Corp., and BASF Corporation)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Rodriguez, Marc (PHCC - plumbing heating and contractors association)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Rotan, Wayne (Self; Glen Rose ISD)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 Thompson, Max (Self; Banquete ISD)

                                 Webster, R. Todd (Spring Branch ISD)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                                 Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                 Against:

                                 Grusendorf, Bill (Self; Texas assoc of rural schools)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Suffren, Quentin (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1245

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julian (Self; Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Cavazos, C LeRoy (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Edenfield, Jennifer (Career and Technical Association of Texas)

                                 McClure, Barney (Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas)

                                 Mica, Peggy (Self; Round Rock ISD)

                                 Solis, Judith (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Thompson, Max (Self; Banquete ISD)

                                 Vahalik, Johnny (Career and Technology Association of Texas (CTAT))

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campos, Lorena (Toyota Motor North America)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Canuteson, Ashley (Self; Midway ISD)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Ferguson, Diana (Texas Industrial Vocational Association)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Flores, Juan Antonio (Port San Antonio)

                                 Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences .Teachers Association of Texas)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

                                 Matthews, Carmen (Self)

                                 Matz, Sarah (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Chemical Council, Huntsman Corp., and BASF Corporation)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Rodriguez, Marc (PHCC - Plumbing heating contractors association)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 Webster, R. Todd (Spring Branch ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                                 Zimmermann, Kathleen (Self; NYOS Charter School)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Floyd, Robert (Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education and Texas Music Educators

                                 Association)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Arlington ISD)

                                 Suffren, Quentin (Texas Education Agency)

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