WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            August 8, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 125

                 For:

                                 Bigham, Deborah (Uplift education)

                 Against:

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX AFT)

                 On:

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Winchester, Martin (Texas education agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)

                                 Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

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

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Mauze, Heather (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

            HB 255

                 Against:

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Aisd board of trustees)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 335

                 Against:

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bonner, Charlie (Self; Texas league of conversation voters)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Clifton, Kaitlyn (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self; Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Munroe, Molly (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star sierra club)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Wilhelm, David (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Marin, Eric (TEA)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

            HB 340

                 On:

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Disability Rights Texas)

                 On:

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

            HB 351

                 For:

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Tx. Assoc. of Rural Schools)

                                 Keffer, Jim (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 352

                 Against:

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Tx. Assoc. of Rural Schools)

                                 Keffer, Jim (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity center)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

            HB 354

                 On:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Worthington, M.Ed., Greg (Intercultural Development Research Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas Aspires)

                                 Martinez, Louann (Dallas ISD)

                                 Weiner, Molly (Texas Aspires Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas state teachers association)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Tx. Assoc. of Rural Schools)

                                 Keffer, Jim (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX AFT)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Winchester, Martin (Texas education agency)

            HB 355

                 For:

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Hinojosa, David (Intercultural Development Research Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Hinojosa, David (Texas Latino Education Coalition)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Tx. Assoc. of Rural Schools)

                                 Keffer, Jim (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

            HB 374

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Daverth, Gwen (The Campaign to Prevent Pregnancy)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hankins, Michael (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Tx. Assoc. of Rural Schools)

                                 Keffer, Jim (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

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

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 387

                 For:

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Leonardo (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Tx. Assoc of Rural Schools)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas Education Agency)

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