WITNESS LIST

            Public Education Committee

            April 30, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 300

                 For:

                                 Charles, Aldo (Self)

                                 Dippel, Colleen (Self; Families Empowered)

                                 Feinberg, Mike (Self)

                                 Franklin, Ron (Self)

                                 Giraldo, Carolina (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Chris (Self)

                                 Huseman, Kim (Self; Rice reep program)

                                 Linbeck III, Leo (Texas Families First)

                                 Orr, Rick (Self)

                                 Russell, Ginger (Self)

                                 Sheaffer, Deanna (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)

                                 Barzano, Llorie (Self; Coalition to strengthen Austin Urban Schools)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                 On:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Faber, Jenny (Families Empowered)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self)

                                 Kohlmann, Jamie (Texas Families First Coalition)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David D (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Estrada, Gabriel (Self; Save Texas Schools)

                                 Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas association of community schools (tacs))

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Haney, Julie (Coaltion for public schools)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Roussos, Anne (League of women voters of texas)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Klussmann, Duncan (Spring Branch ISD)

            HB 1201

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 McClure, Madeline (Self; TexProtects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1775

                 For:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas association of community schools (tacs))

                                 Motheral, Mike (Self; Texas Association of School Administrators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 De Leon, Marty (Texas High School Basketball Officials Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fitch, Michael (Texas Association of Sports Officials)

                 Against:

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2716

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Poole, Gregg (Self; Barbers Hill ISD)

                                 Rogers, Don (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Texas Smokestack School Coalition)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                 On:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 2976

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Fidel (LULAC)

                                 Craig, Nancy (Self)

                                 Diaz, Doreen (Self)

                                 Golsan, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Guess, Lance (The Island of Hope COGIC)

                                 Holm, Anthony (Texans for education reform)

                                 Shaw, Al (Texas South Central Church of God in Christ, Inc. - Houston, Texas)

                                 Shaw, Sandy (Self)

                                 Tafoya, Marcelo (Lulac)

                                 Trabulsi, Richard (Texans for Education Reform)

                                 Turner Brooks, Caroll (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Anthony, David (Raise Your Hand Texas)

                                 Barzano, Llorie (Self; Coalition to strengthen Austin Urban Schools)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Shields, Julie (Texas association of school boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brooks Sr, Thurston (Self)

                                 Erben, Andrew (Texas Institute for Education Reform)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)

                                 Horton, John (Young Conservatives of Texas)

                                 Hotze, Dr. Steve (Conservative Republicans of Texas)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Merkle, Tanja (Self)

                                 Michalik, Jordan (Texas PTA)

                                 Nichols, Jordan (Self; Texas Federation of College Republicans)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Thomas, Amanda (Texas Charter schools association)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                                 Wilkirson, Stacy (Self)

                                 Williams, Trent (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David D (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas association of community schools (tacs))

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Swanson, Steve (Self)

            HB 3224

                 For:

                                 De Sosa, Linda (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)

                 Against:

                                 Culpepper, Lelia (Self)

                                 DeWitt, Lauren (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights TX)

                                 Poulin, Anna (Self)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Carlton, Belinda (Texas Council For Developmental Disabilities)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Davis, Melissa (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

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

                                 Martinez, Sandra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Paleo, Janet (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Culpepper, Catherine (Self)

                                 Culpepper, Joe (Self)

            HB 3816

                 For:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Statman, Rona (The arc of texas)

                                 Usanga, Andrea (Mental health america of greater houston)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Lenz, Gene (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 3841

                 For:

                                 Bera, Elida (Self; Judson ISD)

                                 Cordero, Vicente (Tutors with Computers)

                                 Eugene, Darrick (Texas association of educational service providers)

                                 Fells, Beverly (Texas Association of Educational Service Providers)

                                 Martinez, Javier (Self)

                                 Norvell, Mariah (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cordero, Vicente (Javier martinez)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Hayes, Patricia V (Stand for Children Texas)

                                 Medlock, Lessi (Tutors With Computers)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 1406

                 For:

                                 Dundas, Dorothy (Self)

                                 Frey, Neal (Self)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Self; Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hall, Bob (Self)

                                 Hartzler, Stanley (Self)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Willis, Randy (Granger isd)

                 On:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Amerine, Deanne (Self)

                                 Beaver, Mary (Self)

                                 Bennett, Gary (Self; Center for the preservation of american ideals)

                                 Bennett, Sondra (Self)

                                 Cafagna, Raffaele (Self)

                                 Cafagna, Shannon (Self)

                                 Culpepper, Lelia (Self)

                                 DeWitt, Lauren (Self)

                                 Dodson, Ruby (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Gunn, Maggie (Self)

                                 Hall, Kay (Self)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self)

                                 Huber, David (Self)

                                 Hussey, Bill (Self)

                                 Jaeger, Amy (Self)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 McGregor. (Ms. Mac), Jeanine (Self)

                                 McKinney, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Moffett, Lukas (Self; Center for Preservation of American ideals)

                                 Mutranowski, Kia (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Newman, Ricky (Self)

                                 Pulley, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Reinarz, Robert (Self)

                                 Russell, Calvin (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Russell, Ginger (Self)

                                 Russell, Sharon (Self; ICaucus)

                                 Sands, Kara (Self)

                                 Shaffer, Michelle (Self)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Snodgrass, Ben (Self)

                                 Stewart, Kelly (Self)

                                 Story, Penny (Self)

                                 Tronzo, Kelly (Self)

                                 Vogelsang, Don (Self)

                                 Vogelsang, Lois (Self)

                                 Williams, Trent (Self)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Wood, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, David D (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Eckhart, Harley (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Forth, Kay (American Civil Liberties Union)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)

                                 Maze, Jerry (ESC 12/CSCOPE)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Self; Sundown ISD)

                                 Smith, Terry (Education Service Centers)

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