Le Keishia Dawkins
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Le Keishia Dawkins
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
Texas May School Board
Race
Mansfield ISD, Place 5
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Texas Southern University, Houston, BA, 2006
Northcentral University, San Diego, MS, 2022
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
North Texas Business and Professional League, Secretary, Cornerstone Baptist Church
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer - 2/17/2022
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OTHER INFORMATION
Application for a Place on the Ballot - 2/18/2022
Code of Fair Campaign Practices - 2/17/2022
Party Primary Election Voting History for Le Keishia Ellen Dawkins (as of 3/1/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2020 Party Primary: Democratic
- 2018 Party Primary: did not vote
- 2016 Party Primary: did not vote
Participated in Mansfield Area Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum - 4/2022
*Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after Panel Evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Choose not to answer
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Choose not to answer
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Choose not to answer
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Choose not to answer
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Choose not to answer
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Choose not to answer
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Neutral
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Neutral
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Education through college should be available to everyone regardless of economical status.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Education through college should be available to everyone regardless of economical status.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Agree
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
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.
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.
Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The local school board, as a body, function to collectively make decisions in the best interest of the children, teachers, and staff.
What is the function of the local school board?
The local school board, as a body, function to collectively make decisions in the best interest of the children, teachers, and staff.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
For uniformity purposes curriculum and supporting, resources should and are a state-wide mandate. There should be a level of flexibility allowed to individual districts.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
For uniformity purposes curriculum and supporting, resources should and are a state-wide mandate. There should be a level of flexibility allowed to individual districts.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should be restricted when their public comment violates HIPPA laws or is not related to community issues as a whole. All other comments should be handled and heard privately.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should be restricted when their public comment violates HIPPA laws or is not related to community issues as a whole. All other comments should be handled and heard privately.
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
Math, Info Tech, Science, Personal Finance, Language Arts, History, Vocational Learning, Music, Fitness, Foreign Language, Political Activism, social Emotional Learning, Critical Race Theory, sexuality, gender identity,
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
Math, Info Tech, Science, Personal Finance, Language Arts, History, Vocational Learning, Music, Fitness, Foreign Language, Political Activism, social Emotional Learning, Critical Race Theory, sexuality, gender identity,
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Agree
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
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.
Neutral
The ability to opt in or out should be available to parents in elementary and middle school.
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Neutral
The ability to opt in or out should be available to parents in elementary and middle school.
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Neutral
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Neutral
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.
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.
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
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing Christian.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing 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.
Disagree
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Disagree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
It should be taught in the Health Education Class at the High School level.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
It should be taught in the Health Education Class at the High School level.
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 agree
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 agree
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
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
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Neutral
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Neutral
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
They should present some form of identification, even if it is not government-issued.
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
They should present some form of identification, even if it is not government-issued.
ABOUT YOU
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
Students will be encouraged and challenged to meet their full educational potential.
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
Students will be encouraged and challenged to meet their full educational potential.
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
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.
Disagree
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
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?
Liberal
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?
Liberal
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?
That decision should be left up to the parents.
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
That decision should be left up to the parents.
I support mask mandates.
Agree
I support mask mandates.
Agree
