Shawn Miller
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Shawn Miller
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Katy ISD Board of Trustees - Place 3
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Doctorate, 2022
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Master's, 2000
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History for Shawn Miller from the Harris County Elections Administrator's Office during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary Election: Republican
- 2020 Primary Election: Republican
- Voted in seven Republican Primary elections 2008 - 2022
- Voted in 14 General elections 2004 - 2022
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QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
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
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.
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?
I believe funding should be primarily local taxes, as well as state and federal funding.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
I believe funding should be primarily local taxes, as well as state and federal funding.
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
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
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The local school board is designed to oversee the managment of the district and ensure that the superintendent implements and monitors plans, procedures, programs, and systems to achieve appopriate desired results in the major areas of the district operations.
What is the function of the local school board?
The local school board is designed to oversee the managment of the district and ensure that the superintendent implements and monitors plans, procedures, programs, and systems to achieve appopriate desired results in the major areas of the district operations.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Local ISDs with input from parents, the community, and minimal state input should have authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Local ISDs with input from parents, the community, and minimal state input should have authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should only be restricted if they do not follow board guidelines for properly speaking in school board meetings.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents should only be restricted if they do not follow board guidelines for properly 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
Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Information Technology, Art & Music, Personal Finances, American History, Physical Fitness, Foreign Language, Vocational 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
Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Information Technology, Art & Music, Personal Finances, American History, Physical Fitness, Foreign Language, Vocational Learning
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Slavery and racism
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Slavery and racism
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Every student should be treated equally and be given a learning environment that is safe and free from violence and bullies. Students should be giving equal opportunity and not descriminated against based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Every student should be treated equally and be given a learning environment that is safe and free from violence and bullies. Students should be giving equal opportunity and not descriminated against based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.
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.
Neutral
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Neutral
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 a Christian and believe in values such as honesty, integrity, kindness, mercy, and love.
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
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian and believe in values such as honesty, integrity, kindness, mercy, and love.
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
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
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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Sexual education can be taught in the 5th or 6th grade using age appropriate teaching with parental consent.
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
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; abstinence; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Sexual education can be taught in the 5th or 6th grade using age appropriate teaching with parental consent.
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly 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
human anatomy/the reproductive system; abstinence; 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
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
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
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 are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Agree
A candidate's personal moral values are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
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?
Conservative
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?
Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
None
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
None
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am a dad, teacher, and long-term resident of Katy. I want Katy ISD to be a safe and excellent learning environment for our kids. I am running for this position because I care about our community and our school district.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am a dad, teacher, and long-term resident of Katy. I want Katy ISD to be a safe and excellent learning environment for our kids. I am running for this position because I care about our community and our school district.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Choose not to answer
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Choose not to answer
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Parents should be allowed to exempt their children from vaccinations for several reasons, including religous and personal beliefs.
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Parents should be allowed to exempt their children from vaccinations for several reasons, including religous and personal beliefs.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Agree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Agree
