Jack Velasquez
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jack Velasquez
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Klein ISD Board of Trustees, Position 7
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Houston Downtown, Houston, BBA, 2017
WORK & MILITARY
USAF/TXANG, E-4, 9
AFFILIATIONS
Klein United Methodist Church, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
OTHER INFORMATION
Election Voting History from the Harris County Elections Administrator's Office for Jack Victor Velasquez (as of 9/27/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Party Primary: Republican
- 2020 Party Primary: Republican
- Voted in zero Primary Elections 2000 - 2018
- Voted in 10 General Elections 2000 - 2021
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
communityimpact.com's Q&A: Get to know the candidates running for Klein ISD Position 7 (10/19/2022)
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.
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?
The government currently offers programs that pay for College through the Montgomery GI Bill. Other than the GI BIll, I think Pre-K and secondary education is the responsibility of the individual/Guardian.
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
its the First Amendment for a reason.
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
to insure that the community has a voice in the educations standards of its local community. The board is also their to address local concerns from its community of how the school is educating its children.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Texas Board of Education, but with the ability of the board to modify certain aspects based on the community standards.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never, the board is there to represent the community, and should be there to hear and address concerns of that community.
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, Science, American History, Information Technology, Physical Fitness, Art & Music, Vocational Learning. Foreign Language
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
100% those principals should be taught, If we fail to have common founding principals, than what unites us?
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 Disagree
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 man who believes in the Trinity, God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As a corner stone, we should remind ourselves that we should treat others as we want to be treated (The Golden Rule), which is something that I feel we have forgotten today in our society. I want to make this a peaceful community, and I will strive everyday to make things better.
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
Some inherit biological advantages are to much to over come, perhaps a third division is the answer? Allowing biological born males to compete against biological females' is unfair.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
I think it is the responsibility of the parent to teach sexual education at appropriate age of 13, as this is when most children start puberty.
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
Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; 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.
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
I think the real question is why would want to allow someone to vote without proof of who they are?
ABOUT YOU
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
OBJECTIVE 1: Parents will be full partners with educators in the education of their children.
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 Agree
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).
This is my first time running for any type of public office, so this questionnaire is the closet thing I have done to an interview.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I was in the first class to graduate from Roth Elementary. I attended Hildebrandt, and graduated from Klein Oak High School in 1992, so I am a product and alumni of KISD. I have two daughters who graduated from Klein High School (2012/2014), and I currently I have two sons attending Bernshausen Elementary, with one that will attend Bernshausen next year (KlSD). I have come from a family of service that started out with serving our country in the world wars. My grandfather served in WWII in the Army, my father served for 25 Years in the Texas ANG/USAF, and I served in the USAF/Texas ANG for 9 years. So I am an alumni, veteran, and parent who has a vested interest in serving my community again. I believe in the foundation of our government, local, state, than federal. It does not get closer to local then the schools our kids are growing up in. For me its personal; I want to ensure our kids are safe (more personal and infrastructure is needed), educated, and the teachers that are teaching them are supported. I want the teachers to be given the tools for success as well as give our children the education to be successful in life.
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?
This is a decision that should be left to the parents and their Doctors.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
