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Member, State Board of Education, District 2

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Term
4 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The 15-member State Board of Education sets curriculum standards for Texas public schools, reviews and adopts instructional materials, sets graduation requirements and oversees the Texas Permanent School Fund.

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Education

  • Victoria HinojosaRepublican

    • Supports full parental access to school curriculum.
    • Pledges to expand trade school and college-credit programs.
    • Pledges to screen textbooks for content and shared values.
    • Pledges to review charter applications against conservative goals.
    • Supports results-based education standards.

  • Thomas Ray GarciaDemocratic

    • Opposes the state's school voucher program.
    • Opposes the state-developed Bluebonnet Learning curriculum.
    • Opposes using STAAR results for school accountability ratings.
    • Supports more school funding and pay raises for school workers.
    • Supports making health class a graduation requirement.
    • Supports counting ethnic studies toward social studies credits.
    • Supports local decisions on school library books.

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