Issue Position: More Local Control and Less Government Intrusion

Issue Position

I am opposed to the federal government's attempts to impose a national curriculum in our local classrooms as well as dictating the policies that must be followed by our local school districts.

I would encourage local school boards to carefully consider the consequences of accepting federal money in return for relinquishing local control.

I believe the State Board of Education should work in partnership with local schools to achieve a workable public school system that utilizes the resources of the SBOE for the benefit of the local school districts.

I believe in an elected State Board of Education that has authority over the Texas Education Agency and the Commissioner of Education. I also believe the SBOE should maintain constitutional authority over the Permanent School Fund.

I believe that education needs to be governed as Constitutionally required at the state level, with a heavy emphasis on local governance, and not by Washington D.C. bureaucrats.

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