
Cicely Taylor
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Cicely Taylor
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Katy ISD Board of Trustees - Place 4
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Colby College, Waterville, BA, 1994
University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, M.Ed, 2015
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Katy Keys Mentor, Mentor, Big Brother Big Sister
Mentor, PTA, Volunteer
National Charity League, Patroness, various leadership positions and sustainer, Katy Lions Club
Member, Connect Community, Board Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
Previous Races
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
ActBlue (2022)
Biden Victory Fund (2020)
Joe Biden (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Documents:
- Appointment of Campaign Treasurer:
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and are for additional educational purposes only.
- Campaign Finance Report - 30th Day Before Election (period of - 02/18/2023 through 04/06/2023)
- Leadership for Educational Equity$5,000.00 contribution from - TX
- $750.00 expenditure to Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE)
- Amended Campaign Finance Report - 30th Day Before Election (period of - 11/28/2022 through 03/31/2023)
- Campaign Finance Report - 8th Day Before Election (period of - 04/01/2023 through 04/25/2023)
- Campaign Finance Documents
- Appointment of Campaign Treasurer:
- Code of Fair Campaign Practices
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 2/10/2022-4/6/2022
- $1,000 donation from Leadership for Educational Equity - Texas
- $50.00 donation from Sheri Leo (VP Talent - Leadership for Educational Equity)
- $1,000.00 donation from Stacy Schusterman (Chair of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies)
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 4/5/2022-4/29/2022
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History for Cicely Finley Taylor from the Fort Bend Office of Elections Administration during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary Election: did not vote
- 2020 Primary Election: did not vote
- Voted in one Democratic Primary elections 2008
- Voted in seven General elections 2008 - 2022
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
- Application for a Place on the Ballot - 2/10/2022
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Disagree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Disagree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Disagree
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?
Public Education should be funded from PK through 12th, with funding opportunities made available for partnerships with ISD's to support AA degrees as part of a High School curriculum .
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Public Education should be funded from PK through 12th, with funding opportunities made available for partnerships with ISD's to support AA degrees as part of a High School curriculum .
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
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
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?
Oversight of the Superintendent and programming, set the vision for the school district. financial stewardship and be the voice of the community.
What is the function of the local school board?
Oversight of the Superintendent and programming, set the vision for the school district. financial stewardship and be the voice of the community.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The Superintendent/Administration makes the recommendation and oversees implementation. The Board approves and delegates authority to administration to follow through.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The Superintendent/Administration makes the recommendation and oversees implementation. The Board approves and delegates authority to administration to follow through.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should always be allowed to speak unless they are inciting violence or not following the rules of decorum as set forth by the Board.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should always be allowed to speak unless they are inciting violence or not following the rules of decorum as set forth by the Board.
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, Personal Finances, Science, American History, Foreign Language, Art & Music, Information Technology, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Social Emotional Learning
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, Personal Finances, Science, American History, Foreign Language, Art & Music, Information Technology, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Social Emotional Learning
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Liberty and equality
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?
All students are equipped with the academic instruction needed to access any options they desire upon successful completion of 12th grade - college, career (trade) or military.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
All students are equipped with the academic instruction needed to access any options they desire upon successful completion of 12th grade - college, career (trade) or military.
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 Agree
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 Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Agree
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.
Agree
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.
Agree
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Agree
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Agree
Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?
No
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.
Agree
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am Christian.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am Christian.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Choose not to answer
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Choose not to answer
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Choose not to answer
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Choose not to answer
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 be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are ultimately responsible, however in terms of teaching the biological process of reproduction public education may begin at 4th or 5th grade with parental consent.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are ultimately responsible, however in terms of teaching the biological process of reproduction public education may begin at 4th or 5th grade with parental consent.
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
Sexual education should include these topics -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods (in high school only); consent; abstinence; human anatomy/the reproductive system; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
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
Sexual education should include these topics -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods (in high school only); consent; abstinence; human anatomy/the reproductive system; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Neutral
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Neutral
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
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.
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
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?
Moderate
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?
Moderate
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Did not answer
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Did not answer
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
Did not answer
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
Did not answer
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Strongly Disagree
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Strongly Disagree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Only vaccinations currently mandated by state law.
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Only vaccinations currently mandated by state law.
I support mask mandates.
Choose not to answer
I support mask mandates.
Choose not to answer
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Strongly Agree
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
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly Agree
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