WITNESS LIST SB 326 Senate Committee Report Education K-16 March 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM FOR: Bourgeois, Emily (Shalom Austin, San Antonio JCRC), Austin, TX Nirenberg, Jackie Regional Director, ADL (also providing written testimony) (ADL), Austin, TX Parker, Sandra Vice-Chair (Self; Texas Holocaust Genocide Antisemitism Advisory Commission), Austin, TX Vane, Sharyn (Self) , Austin, TX AGAINST: Abdullah, Haseeb (Self) , Austin, TX Cuevas, Avital (Self) , Austin, TX Heartsill, Angus (Self) , Georgetown, TX Hemphill, Sheila (also providing written testimony) (Self; Texas Right To Know), Brady, TX Hoffman, Oli (Self) , Austin Texas, TX Long, Matt (Self) , Fredericksburg, TX Margulies, Jennifer (Self) , Austin, TX ON: Swanson, Steve (Self) , Austin, TX Registering, but not testifying: FOR: Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators), Austin, TX Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards), Austin, TX Dochen, Sandy (Self; Anti defamation League, Jewish Federation of Austin), Austin, TX Hallamek, James (Texas State Teachers Association), Austin, TX Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools), Austin, TX Sheffield, Heather Lobbyist (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)), Austin, TX Vane, Mark (Self) , Austin, TX AGAINST: Ahmed, Imad (Self) , Austin, TX Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self) , Farmers Branch, TX Cohen, Elaine (Self) , Austin, TX Cook, Kamil (Self) , Austin, TX Cook, Tura (Self) , Austin, TX De La Garza, Izabella (Self) , Austin, TX Garcia, Amanda (Self) , Austin, TX Haider, Zainab (Self) , Leander, TX Holtzman, Jake (Self) , Austin, TX K, Aneesha (Self) , Austin, TX Natsheh, Hatem (Self) , Austin, Texas, TX Phillips, Cyndie (Self) , Magnolia, TX R, Sameeha (Self) , Richmond, TX Rao, Nick (Self) , Austin, TX Syed, Sarah Policy Manager (Self) , Houston, TX Thalenberg, Hannah (Self) , Austin, TX Weldon, Brian (Self) , Austin, TX ON: Marin, Eric (TEA), Austin, TX McGuire, Kristin Deputy Associate Commissioner, Special Populations (Texas Education Agency), Austin, TX Providing written testimony: FOR: Seitz, Barri (Self) , Austin, TX Toretto, Courtney Policy Director (ADL), Austin, TX 1
WITNESS LIST
SB 326
Senate Committee Report
Education K-16
March 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM
FOR:
Bourgeois, Emily (Shalom Austin, San Antonio JCRC), Austin, TX
Nirenberg, Jackie Regional Director, ADL (also providing written testimony) (ADL),
Austin, TX
Parker, Sandra Vice-Chair (Self; Texas Holocaust Genocide Antisemitism Advisory
Commission), Austin, TX
Vane, Sharyn (Self) , Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self) , Austin, TX
Cuevas, Avital (Self) , Austin, TX
Heartsill, Angus (Self) , Georgetown, TX
Hemphill, Sheila (also providing written testimony) (Self; Texas Right To Know),
Brady, TX
Hoffman, Oli (Self) , Austin Texas, TX
Long, Matt (Self) , Fredericksburg, TX
Margulies, Jennifer (Self) , Austin, TX
ON:
Swanson, Steve (Self) , Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
FOR:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators), Austin, TX
Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards), Austin, TX
Dochen, Sandy (Self; Anti defamation League, Jewish Federation of Austin), Austin, TX
Hallamek, James (Texas State Teachers Association), Austin, TX
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools), Austin, TX
Sheffield, Heather Lobbyist (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)),
Austin, TX
Vane, Mark (Self) , Austin, TX
AGAINST:
Ahmed, Imad (Self) , Austin, TX
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self) , Farmers Branch, TX
Cohen, Elaine (Self) , Austin, TX
Cook, Kamil (Self) , Austin, TX
Cook, Tura (Self) , Austin, TX
De La Garza, Izabella (Self) , Austin, TX
Garcia, Amanda (Self) , Austin, TX
Haider, Zainab (Self) , Leander, TX
Holtzman, Jake (Self) , Austin, TX
K, Aneesha (Self) , Austin, TX
Natsheh, Hatem (Self) , Austin, Texas, TX
Phillips, Cyndie (Self) , Magnolia, TX
R, Sameeha (Self) , Richmond, TX
Rao, Nick (Self) , Austin, TX
Syed, Sarah Policy Manager (Self) , Houston, TX
Thalenberg, Hannah (Self) , Austin, TX
Weldon, Brian (Self) , Austin, TX
ON:
Marin, Eric (TEA), Austin, TX
McGuire, Kristin Deputy Associate Commissioner, Special Populations (Texas Education
Agency), Austin, TX
Providing written testimony:
FOR:
Seitz, Barri (Self) , Austin, TX
Toretto, Courtney Policy Director (ADL), Austin, TX
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WITNESS LIST SB 326 Senate Committee Report Education K-16 AGAINST: Budwine, Kirsten Policy Attorney (Texas Civil Rights Project), Austin, TX Gutterman, Lauren (Self) , Austin, TX Silva, Crystal (Self) , Austin, TX Veninga, Jennifer Rev. Dr. (Self) , Austin, TX Visweswaran, Kamala (Self) , Houston, TX 2
WITNESS LIST
SB 326
Senate Committee Report
Education K-16
AGAINST:
Budwine, Kirsten Policy Attorney (Texas Civil Rights Project), Austin, TX
Gutterman, Lauren (Self) , Austin, TX
Silva, Crystal (Self) , Austin, TX
Veninga, Jennifer Rev. Dr. (Self) , Austin, TX
Visweswaran, Kamala (Self) , Houston, TX
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