WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April  10, 2007 - 10:00 AM
HB  30
 
Against:
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools, Tx Assn of Rural Schools)
 
 
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, April (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  122
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Rabb, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Roach, Judy (Austin Independent School District)
 
 
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Thorn, Kristin  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1002
 
    For:
Collins, Robby (Dallas I.S.D.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of School Administrators & Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  1137
 
    For:
Flores, Rebecca (Houston ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  1924
 
    For:
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Industrial Vocational Assoc.(TIVA))
 
 
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
 
 
Seaman, Gene  (Self)
 
 
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn of Tx)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Terry, Brooke (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beck, Regan (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Beloat, Judy  (Self and Southwest ISD, San Antonio, Tx, CTAT, Area VII)
 
 
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Brown, April (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Charles, Alma (Corpus Christi ISD)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Texas Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
 
 
Wisdom, Dean  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2113
 
    For:
Bryant, Keith (Lamesa ISD & The Texas Association of Community Schools)
 
 
Collins, Robby (Dallas ISD)
 
    For:
Tucker, Marsha (Roark Elementary School, Arlington I S D)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  2113 - Committee Substitute  (Zedler)
 
    For:
Cavazos, Marcelo (Arlington ISD)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Story, Jamie (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  2171
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
McCraw, Ken (Texas Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  2193
 
     On:
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
 
 
HB  2237
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Fitzpatrick, John (Texas High School Project/Communities Foundation of Texas)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Anthony, David (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Flores, Rebecca (Houston ISD)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Lain, Jackie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn. of Community Schools)
 
 
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Tripp, Amy (Texans Care of Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Knaggs, Barbara (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
 
 
HB  2383
 
    For:
Charles, Alma (Corpus Christi ISD)
 
 
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Career & Technology Council)
 
 
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn. of Tx)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assn.)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
 
 
HB  2429
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Texas Association of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  2455
 
    For:
Thompson, Suzan (Justice of the Peace & Constable's Asso.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Lacey, Cecil  (Self and Justice of the Peace & Constables Assoc.)
 
 
Mitchell, Elwood  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2495
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Tauer, Timothy M. (Education Resource Group)
 
 
 
 
HB  2560
 
    For:
Cervin, Rose  (Self)
 
 
Gadbois, Nancy  (Self)
 
 
McGarr, Mary  (Self)
 
 
Terry, Brooke (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Wolcott, Peyton  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Flores, Rebecca (Houston Independent School District)
 
 
Lain, Jackie (Texas Assn. of School Boards)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
Moak, Lynn (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Motheral, Mike (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Santiago, Gwendolyn  (Self and Texas Association of School Business Officials)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, April (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
 
 
Sullivan, Michael Quinn (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
 
 
 
 
HB  2658
 
    For:
Collins, Robby (Dallas I.S.D.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  3226
 
    For:
Collins, Robby V. (Dallas I.S.D.)
 
 
Thompson, David (Houston I.S.D.)
 
 
Wisnowski, Joe (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Pierce, Wayne (Equity Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Carpenter, Bill  (Self)
 
 
Downing, Clayton (Texas School Coalition (Cha. 41 organization))
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
McCraw, Ken (Tx Assn of Community Schools)
 
 
 
 
HB  3418
 
    For:
Rabb, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Salinas, Thelma (Corpus Christi ISD)
 
 
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn of Tx)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Garcia, Emmanuel  (Self and Texas Center for Education Policy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Flores, Rebecca (Houston Independent School District)
 
 
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association)
 
    For:
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Industrial Vocational Assoc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Tripp, Amy (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  3485
 
    For:
Green, Terry (Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Assn. of Tx)
 
 
Stevens, John H. (TBEC)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Scheberle, Drew (Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
 
 
Terry, Brooke (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
 
 
Flores, Rebecca (Houston Independent School District)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc)
 
 
Holcombe, Linda (Texas Career & Technology Council)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Shields, Julie (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3868
 
    For:
Story, Jamie (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Casey, Daniel T.  (Self and Fast Growth School Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, April (Texas Conservative Coalition)
 
 
Connole, Michele (Americans for Prosperity)
 
 
 
 
SB  673
 
    For:
Long, Gene "Scooter"  (Self)
 
 
Long, Ralph  (Self)
 
 
Tate, Jeff Garrison-  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Akins, Jenny  (Self)
 
 
Anderson, David D. (Texas School Alliance)
 
 
Carpenter, Bill (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Lambert, Kay (Advocacy Inc.)
 
 
Lincoln, Elena (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
 
 
Luna, Vilma  (Self)
 
 
Pena, Martin (South Texas Association of Schools)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)