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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            May 9, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            SB 601

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Matthew (Self; Wayside Schools)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fernandez, Martha (Texas charter schools association)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)

                                 Tackett, Larkin (IDEA Public Schools)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 725

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (Northeast ISD)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Cole, Celia (Feeding Texas)

                                 Garbutt, Liz (Children's Defense Fund-Texas)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

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

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

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

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

            SB 1051

                 For:

                                 Sanders, Joe (Self)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (Northeast ISD)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Pizarro, Raymond (Texas department of licensing and regulations)

            SB 1152

                 For:

                                 Duran, Albert (Self)

                                 Milner, Clarissa (Self)

                                 Villarreal, Venissia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Caldwell, Deborah (Northeast ISD)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

                                 Milner, Marissa (Self)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

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

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                                 Zapata, Rose Ann (Self)

                                 Zapata, Yolanda (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

            SB 1153

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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

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

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

            SB 1166

                 Against:

                                 Colbert, James (Harris County Dept. of Ed.)

                                 Sconzo, Guy (Self)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wilson, Columba (Self)

                 On:

                                 Belew, Kara (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                                                                               3