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Member, State Board of Education, District 7

Vote for: 1
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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Tiffany Perkinz

Democratic

Educator

The gist

Pledges to seek changes to recently adopted TEKS standards.
Supports local control over state involvement in schools.
Supports textbooks with evidence-based science and inclusive literature.
Supports teachers' freedom to teach the approved curriculum.

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Pledges to seek changes to recently adopted TEKS standards.
Tiffany Perkinz for SBOE 7
Campaign website · texasfortiffany7.org
“Will make a motion on day 1 to amend the TEKS approved by the previous board to restore political and religious neutrality”
Supports local control over state involvement in schools.
Tiffany Perkinz for SBOE 7
Campaign website · texasfortiffany7.org
“Champion local control over state interference”
Supports textbooks with evidence-based science and inclusive literature.
Tiffany Perkinz for SBOE 7
Campaign website · texasfortiffany7.org
“textbooks that include evidence-based science, honest-history and inclusive literature”
Supports teachers' freedom to teach the approved curriculum.
Tiffany Perkinz for SBOE 7
Campaign website · texasfortiffany7.org
“ensure they have the freedom to teach the approved curriculum without fear of political retribution”

Julie Pickren

RepublicanIncumbent

Business Owner · Pearland

The gist

Supports choice among public, charter, private and home schools.
Supports rating schools on learning rather than attendance.
Supported the School Chaplain Act and school-prayer resolution.
Supports teaching the Bible's role in history and classical education.
Supports lower taxes on small businesses.

More about Julie

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Supports choice among public, charter, private and home schools.
Julie Pickren: Increase investment in education
Campaign website · juliepickren.com
“giving parents genuine choice among public, charter, private, and home school options”
Supports rating schools on learning rather than attendance.
Julie Pickren: Increase investment in education
Campaign website · juliepickren.com
“measuring schools on what students actually learn rather than on how many of them show up”
Supported the School Chaplain Act and school-prayer resolution.
Julie Pickren: Restoring Values
Campaign website · juliepickren.com
“Julie helped pass the School Chaplain Act and the Texas House Resolution reaffirming prayer in schools”
Supports teaching the Bible's role in history and classical education.
Julie Pickren for Texas State Board of Education, District 7
Campaign website · juliepickren.com
“makes the case for literacy, the Bible's place in our history, and a classical education that forms knowledgeable citizens”
Supports lower taxes on small businesses.
Julie Pickren: Issues
Campaign website · juliepickren.com
“Decrease taxes on small business, keep government small, and decrease the deficit.”

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