Carolyn Benavides

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.

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

At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.

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.

What is the function of the local school board?

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

When should parents be restricted from speaking in 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

Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.

What does "equity in education" mean to you?

Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

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

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.

School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.

Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?

All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.

No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.

No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.

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

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

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

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

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

A candidate's personal moral values are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.

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?

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

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

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

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

I support mask mandates.

All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.

All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.