WITNESS LIST
Youth Health & Safety, Select Committee
April 17, 2023 - 11:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Colangelo, Laura (Self; Texas Private Schools Association)
Ghani, Shariq (Minaret Foundation)
Greer, Matt (Self; Eanes ISD)
Koli, Roshni (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute)
Mackin, Shea (Self; Nation Parents Union)
Motwani, Amit (Self; Rupani foundation)
Rubio, Cynthia (North East ISD and the Bexar County Education Coalition)
Shoesmith, Tyler (North East ISD and the Bexar County Education Coalition)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Williams, Antione (Self; Fort Worth Police Department)
Yarbrough, Jeffrey (Self)
Against:
Ayres, Monica (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bates, Georgia (Self; City of Uvalde)
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Butcher, Callie (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Emory, Cathryn (Self)
Foley, Jeffrey (Texas association of school resource officers)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Harper, Cole (Self)
Harrison, Tiffanie (Self)
Hearn, Skylor (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
McJunkins, Phillip (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
O’Quin, Ana (Self; Girls Empowerment Network)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wever, Wil (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Sexton, Shane (Texas Education Agency)
Weikert, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Evans, CJ (Self; Fort Worth ISD)
Foley, Jeffrey (Texas Association of School Resource Officers)
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Sexton, Shane (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Mendelsohn, Cara (City of Dallas)
O’Quin, Ana (Self; Girls Empowerment Network)
Sanchez, Vivian (Self)
Sweeney, Michael K (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self)
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Harrison, Tiffanie (Self)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Laine, Krista (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Waelchli, Melissa (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Weikert, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Bledsoe, Gary (Self; Texas NAACP)
Fancher, Shana (Self; Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)
Hairston, Andrew (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Tuff, Alisha (IDRA)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Foley, Jeffrey (Texas association of school resource officers)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Harrison, Tiffanie (Self)
Hawkins, Trinity (Self)
Hernandez, Jazmine (Self)
Hernandez ll, Abraham (Self)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
O’Quin, Ana (Self; Girls Empowerment Network)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Waelchli, Melissa (Self)
Against:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Weikert, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Bledsoe, Gary (Self; Texas NAACP)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Freund, Sara (Self)
Gant Gambles, Phyllis (Self; Lubbock Chapter NAACP Legal Redress)
Hairston, Andrew (Self; Texas Appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harrison, Tiffanie (Self)
Hawkins, Trinity (Self)
Hernandez, Jazmine (Self)
Hernandez, LaQuanta (Self)
Kemp, Tracy (Self)
McGaha, Shardae (Self)
Pegues, Mary (Self)
On:
Molak, Maurine (Self; David’s Legacy Foundation)
Weikert, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Butcher, Callie (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Charrie, Miguel (Self)
Corley, Alexander (Self)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Emory, Cathryn (Self)
Feinstein, Jonathan (The Education Trust)
Foley, Jeffrey (Texas association of school resource officers)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Gustin, Virginia (Self)
Harper, Cole (Self)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Hernandez ll, Abraham (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Laine, Krista (Self)
Linder, Nelson (Austin NAACP)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
McJunkins, Phillip (Self)
O’Quin, Ana (Self; Girls Empowerment Network)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Pitts, Keiawnna (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Waelchli, Melissa (Self)
Walker, Ashley (Self)
Wever, Wil (Self)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Molak, Maurine (Self; David’s Legacy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Biggerstaff, Chelsea (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA)
Foley, Jeffrey (Texas association of school resource officers)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Henry, Elizabeth (Self; RecoveryPeople)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
Knustrom, Eric (Self; Learning.com)
Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Nichols, Colby (TASA)
O’Quin, Ana (Self; Girls Empowerment Network)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Harrison, Tiffanie (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Weikert, Hank (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; Houston Police Retired Officers Assoc (HPROA))
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Sexton, Shane (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Yarbrough, Jeffrey (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Harrison, Tiffanie (Self)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Laine, Krista (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Waelchli, Melissa (Self)
Against:
Kling, Kelsey (Texas AFT)
On:
Daniel, Rachelle (Health and Human Services Commission)
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