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Priorities
The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) puts out a list of priorities decided upon by representatives to the state convention. These should be every legislator's top list of priorities and they will be mine. To learn more about them, visit the RPT website.The following are my top priorities.
EDUCATION
Republicans are very divided on the school voucher bill that was passed without voter approval. In my opinion, Abbott pressured legislators to pass it. My top priority is education reform and this includes repealing the voucher bill. For starters, I don't trust the legislature to not start requiring private and homeschool families to be subject to state mandated curriculum and testing. Priority ONE will be to try to repeal the voucher bill.
I also feel state testing needs to be eliminated. School districts should go back to a classical education, keeping politics out of the classroom (with the exception of history and government classes). We also need to get back to teaching with pencil, pen, paper, and textbooks. Research has proven that writing notes vs typing them, leads to better retention. School districts should create their curriculum and then give unit and end of course exams to determine mastery. Priority TWO will be to eliminate state mandated testing.
I also feel state testing needs to be eliminated. School districts should go back to a classical education, keeping politics out of the classroom (with the exception of history and government classes). We also need to get back to teaching with pencil, pen, paper, and textbooks. Research has proven that writing notes vs typing them, leads to better retention. School districts should create their curriculum and then give unit and end of course exams to determine mastery. Priority TWO will be to eliminate state mandated testing.
TERM LIMITS
A growing issue in Texas politics is that our legislators become complacent when they are in office too long. Another issue is that since we don't pay our legislators (they only get $7500 while in session, plus per diem and this has been their same pay since the 1970s!). This is not or should not be a volunteer job because while they are not in session, they should be holding office hours and meeting with constituents. This will also allow younger candidates the opportunity to run. As it is now, our representatives make exorbitant salaries sitting on boards or are independently wealthy and don't need to work. Paying them a modest salary would open up the candidate pool and could encourage more people to run. Priority THREE will be term limits and establishing a modest salary for legislators.
AUDIT THE BUDGET
President Trump started the year off with a bang and created the DOGE committee to uncover wasteful spending within the government. I feel every state should do this along with municipalities to determine the wasteful government spending. I also think bond issuance has gotten out of control and we need to have a way for cities and school districts to set aside funds for capital improvement projects to eliminate unnecessary interest payments on these exorbitant bonds. Tax payers are not an open wallet and government needs to learn to live within it's means. Priority FOUR will be to examine and audit the budget.
