WITNESS LIST
Public Education Committee
April 25, 2023 - 8:00 AM
For:
Boswell, Lynn (AustinISD Board of Trustees)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Mayer, Jean (Pflugerville isd)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Terry, James (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bogard, Adam (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Rinehart, Michelle (Self; Alpine Independent School District)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Association of School Business Officials)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Terry, James (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Edwards, Kirk (Self)
On:
Harrison, Jamey (UIL)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
On:
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Berry, Traci (Self)
Saenz, David (Self; Fort Worth ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Bryce (Self; Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Jones, Garry (DFER TX)
List, Amanda (AList Consulting)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Sass, Emily (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Mayer, Jean (Pflugerville isd)
On:
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Schutte, Marian (TEA)
For:
Floyd, Robert (Self; Tmea)
Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)
Rush, Joe (Self; Del Valle ISD)
Sheppard, Scott (Self)
Tomlinson, Paulette (Self; Texas Arts Education Campaign)
Zarate, Chuy (Self; Rrisd)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Bryce (Self; Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Borland, David (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Boswell, Lynn (AustinISD Board of Trustees)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Coachman, Frank (Self; Texas Music Educators Association)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Heckard, Brittany (Texas Cultural Trust)
Hetrick, Mary (Self)
Jones, Garry (Self; Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Kane, Gabriela (Self; Austin Emerging Arts Leaders)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Martin, Trina (Parents for Arts Education)
Martinez, Armando (Self; Texas Arts Education Campaign)
Mayer, Jean (Pflugerville isd)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Melson, Ben (Bexar County Education Coalition)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rice, Conor (Self)
Rush, Ana (Self; Del Valle ISD)
Shawver, Alexander (Self)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Terry, James (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
On:
Schutte, Marian (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hetrick, Mary (Self)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Landry, Lily (Yes every kid)
Sass, Emily (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Vander Perren, Matthew (Self)
Against:
Mayer, Jean (Pflugerville isd)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
Jones, Garry (Self; Democrats for Education Reform TX)
Matthews, Stephanie (Texas Association of Business)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hetrick, Mary (Self)
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
On:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Terry, James (Texas Education Agency)
Weikert, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mayer, Jean (Pflugerville isd)
Melson, Ben (Bexar County Education Coalition)
Sreenivasan, Rahul (Texas 2036)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wright, Eric (Tanium)
On:
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Kelly, Matthew (Department of information resources)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Pauley, Todd (Self)
For:
Rhoads, Kelly (Self)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
On:
Brady, Kerri (Texas Society of Architects)
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Bryce (Self; Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Hetrick, Mary (Self)
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Rhodes, Fran (Self)
Sanderson, Josh (Equity Center)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Sciarillo, Anna (Texas Association of Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Meyer, Mike (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Bell, Andrea (Self; Texas AFT)
Libby, Mary (Texas Counseling Association and Texas School Counseling Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Bryce (Self; Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Against:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Wert, Konrad (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Wright, Eric (Lone Star State School Counselor’s Association)
On:
Holubec, Bryan (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
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