Craig Tipping

Non-Partisan | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative (Conditional)

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Craig Tipping


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2022


Election

Texas School Board Runoff


Race

Mansfield ISD, Place 3


Incumbent

No


Links

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EDUCATION

U.T. Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Masters of Physical Therapy, 2002

West Texas A&M University, Canyon, B.S. in Kinesiology, 1999

WORK & MILITARY

NexStep Home Healthcare, Owner/Administrator/Physical Therapist, 11

Bridgeway Home Healthcare, Director of Rehabilitation Services, 7

MedAlert Occupational Health Services, Director of Therapy Services, 2

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, Physical Therapist, 2

AFFILIATIONS

Crossroads Christian Church, Deacon/Leader, The Phoenix Academy-MISD

Site Based Committee Member, The Phoenix Academy-MISD, Student Mentor

Texas Sports Reach Prison Ministry, Participant/Volunteer/Contributor, Mid Cities Pregnancy Center

Contributor/Volunteer, Mansfield Cares, Contributor

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Texas Values Action

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

OTHER INFORMATION

Code of Fair Campaign Practices - 1/19/2022

Party Primary Election Voting History for Craig Wade Tipping (as of 3/1/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:

  • 2020 Party Primary: Republican
  • 2018 Party Primary: Republican
  • Voted in four Republican Primaries 2000 - 2016

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.

Strongly Agree

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?

I believe that it expands the government’s role and control of the classroom and students, which I am opposed to.


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

Students should not be allowed to pray in school.

Strongly Disagree


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

Hire and evaluate the superintendent Adopt the budget Set/adopt district policies and review success Set/adopt district priorities/visions/goals Advocate for the district/community Communicate with the community

Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?

Local school administration in collaboration with and feedback from teachers, parents, community members, etc.

When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?

Free speech should not be stifled unless it is threatening or slanderous.

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

Language Arts, Mathematics, American History, Science, Physical Fitness, Information Technology, Art & Music, Personal Finances, Vocational Learning, Foreign Language

American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.

Strongly Agree

Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.

Strongly Agree

The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.

Strongly Agree

I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.

Strongly Disagree

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


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I take a Biblical worldview and filter everything through my Christian beliefs.

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

Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

Mainly parents in collaboration with their faith community and medical professionals. Schools should play a role in some of the basics that apply to health education and specialized medical type classes when age appropriate.

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

Human anatomy/the reproductive system (Should be age appropriate) Abstinence

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.

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 school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.

Strongly Agree


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree


ABOUT YOU

Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?

Objective 8: School campuses will maintain a safe and disciplined environment conducive to student learning. This should include safety against physical, mental, emotional and spiritual threats: which include harms to the students physical well-being, inappropriate sexualization of our youth, inappropriate education materials and radical ideologies that undermine spiritual & ethical beliefs, curriculum that turns the students away from the core competencies towards social and political issues which create more disciplinary problems.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.

No

A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.

Strongly Disagree

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?

Conservative

Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).

Nothing available as of yet.

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

I am a Christian who believes in Biblical ethics and values. I believe in the foundational principles our country was established upon and those values and freedoms should be upheld.


2ND AMENDMENT

Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.

Agree


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?

Never, it is a parent’s/individual’s choice.

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree

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