State of Texas
Member, State Board of Education, District 7
Julie Pickren
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- JULIE PICKREN
- Current role
- Member, Texas State Board of Education, District 7 Vice Chair, Committee on School Initiatives
- Background
- Small business owner
- Enrolled in The Wharton School of Business Executive Leadership Program
- Experience
- Alvin ISD Trustee,
- Board member of two Christian private schools;
- Education policy advisor for many states
- Top priorities
- "God in Schools"
- "Reform Public Education"
- "School Choice"
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: Campaign site: "holding curriculum to a standard of academic rigor rather than ideological fashion"
- Library books: No statement
- Pro Life
- School funding and bonds: "measuring schools on what students actually learn rather than on how many of them show up"
- Vouchers / school choice: "giving parents genuine choice among public, charter, private, and home school options"
- Endorsements
- Dr. Ben Carson, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Texas Right to Life
- Texas Home School Coalition (THSC)
- Texas Values Action
- Gov. Greg Abbott
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- Texas Alliance for Life
- Conservative Republicans of Texas
- President Donald Trump
- Linda McMahon, Former U.S. Administrator – Small Business Administration
- Dr. Robin Armstrong, Republican Party of Texas National Committeeman
- Texas Eagle Forum
- Texas Conservative Review
- BizPac
- The Link Letter
- Campaign website
- juliepickren.com
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