John VonLangen

Non-Partisan | Montana

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Candidate Profile

Billings School Board - District 7 Montana School Board | May 3, 2022

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

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WORK & MILITARY

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AFFILIATIONS

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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Make Masking Optional

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Reports

  • Campaign Finance Report - period of 11/16/2021 - 2/28/2022
  • Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after Panel Evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
    • Campaign Finance Report - period of 3/1/2022 - 3/24/2022
    • Campaign Finance Report - period of 3/25/2022 - 4/14/2022
    • Notice of Pre-Election Expenditures - period of 4/15/2022 - 5/18/202

OTHER INFORMATION

Declaration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy for Trustee Candidates - 12/8/2021

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.

Strongly Disagree

What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?

As you are aware, taxpayers fund the government. I do not believe that tax dollars should be funding college.


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?

A school trustee should represent her or his area, and provide oversight of the school district.

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

The curriculum should be agreed upon by a collaboration of parents, teachers and staff.

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

Parents should be allowed to speak at school board meetings.

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, Science, Language Arts, History, Information Tech, Personal Finance, Vocational Learning, Physical Fitness, Art / Music.

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.

I am a 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.

Strongly Disagree

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 their children about sex.

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.

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

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 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).

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

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2ND AMENDMENT

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

Strongly Agree


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

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

Parents should have the final say with respect to their kids health.

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Disagree

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