
Jim Herblin
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile*
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jim Herblin
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Prosper ISD Board of Trustees - Place 5
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Texas A&M, College Station, BBA-Accounting, 1980
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Collin County GOP, Rules Committee, Member, State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee , Golden Hat Award, Golden Corridor Republican Women Republican Convention Delegate Precinct Chairman Campaign Volunteer
Member, Finance Committee Member, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Member
Collin County Grand Jury, Foreman, Prosper Economic Development Corporation
Chairman/President, Mayor of Prosper, Campaign Chairman
Republican Convention, Delegate/Volunteer, First Celina Baptist Church
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Trustee - Richardson, Tx ISD, 1992-95
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State Senate District 30, 2012
State House District 61, 2022
Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (3)
Collin County Republican Party
*Prosper Citizen Group PAC
*Texans for Educational Freedom
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
See website
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (15)
Bryan Slaton (2022)
Dan Branch (2006)
Donald Trump (2019)
Frisco Conservative Coalition (2021)
Jodie Laubenberg (2007)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (7)
Defend Texas Liberty (2022)
Empower Texans (2012)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2012)
National Federation of Republican Assemblies (2012)
National Right to Life Committee (2012)
OTHER INFORMATION
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Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
- Application for a place on the ballot
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Support public education K-12.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
Approve budget and set policy for the school district.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Parents and ISD officials along with the School Board approval.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
Mathematics, Language arts, Science, American History, Vocational Learning, Physical Fitness, Art & Music
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Liberty and equality
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Depends on the context, but basically everybody gets a fair shot. We must put forth excellence in education (both academic and vocational) for all students including never lowering "the bar".
Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
Strongly Disagree
Opt-in should not be an option as ISD's should not be teaching CSE or SEL - this is the parents responsibility.
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Agree
School districts should look carefully at federal dollars and the attach strings that come with such federal dollars. My recommendation would be for all ISD's to wean themselves from federal dollars as much as possible. ISD's must be careful and thoughtful when analyzing federal dollars to be certain that reduction makes sense for the ISD and its students. Trustees must be extremely careful with respect to federal dollars and special needs students.
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Strongly Agree
School boards are accountable to parents, taxpayers, students, and district employees
Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?
No
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Strongly Agree
Put on the ISD website. Same for any document that can be obtained via Freedom of Information Act should be on the website for all to view. Parents should not have to go through laborious processes to obtain information that is available to them by law. We must remember that parents/taxpayers have a vested interest in their local ISD's - their input is critical to the success of the ISD.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian, having surrendered my life to Christ in my early twenties. I believe the Bible is inherent and true to its core. The value system I try to follow is found in the Bible and it is my objective in life to be intentional in following such values. No one is perfect, and I along with others fail often, but the goal is to practice biblical obedience.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Boys are boys and girls are girls.
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise should ever be provided by an ISD. ISD's are in the academic education business, not the healthcare business. A childs health is the responsibility of parents.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are responsible for teaching sexual education to their children and it is up to the parent to determine age appropriateness.
If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
I do not support ISD's teaching Sex Ed.
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
I have never been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct
A candidate's personal moral values are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Agree
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
www.jimherblin.com, https://www.facebook.com/jimherblin4PISD/videos/1255606321720169
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am a native Texan who is genuinely concerned about the direction of public education and our country's moral compass. It is time for the silent majority to speak up and demand sanity along with doing the right thing in our schools. I want to see public education succeed at its finest. No more accepting of woke agendas (CRT, SEL, sexualization of children, etc.) . We must educate our children for their future; anything short of that is irresponsible. I am a forensic CPA, owning my own CPA firm, who will bring robust debate to board meetings along with transparent accountability. I firmly believe and will recommend when elected that our curriculum and library books be scrubbed by parents, teachers and administrators (committees to be established) for academic achievement. As a result of this "scrubbing" I will recommend/demand both majority and minority reports be produced so that board members get the entire story and are able to make informed decisions based upon the evidence produced in the reports.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
I am open to discussing options regarding concealed carry by teachers subject to appropriate/sufficient training and adherence to Texas law.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
I oppose any and all mask mandates.
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Strongly Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly Agree
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