Larry Savala
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Larry Savala
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Pasadena ISD School Board - Position 5
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Waxahachie, 87 College hours, 1995
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Pasadena ISD Trustee and Commission Ministers Network, PISD Trustee 2014-2015 and Ordained Minister, current
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Pasadena ISD Board Trustee, 2014-2015
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Appointment of Campaign Treasurer
- Campaign Finance Documents:
- Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History for Everardo Savala 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 five Republican Primary elections 2016, 2020 - 2022
- Voted in two Democratic Primary elections 2018
- Voted in 23 General elections 1996 - 2022
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
- Voting History Record page 2
- Application for a Place on the Ballot
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
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
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?
I believe goverment funding should be available.
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
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
Communicates the districts priorities to the superintendent, reviews budgets, adopts facility plans after reviewing the superintendents plans. School boards also insure that the district is moving forward in a positive direction.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The superintendent working closely with the board.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never
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, Information Technology, Science, Physical Fitness, American History, Language Arts, Arts and music, Vocational learning, Foreign Language,
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
A. Liberty equality.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
That all children have access to equal educational learning.
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.
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.
Strongly Agree
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Strongly Agree
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
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I strongly believe in God and that the family is the root of a strong community.
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 school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents should be the primary teachers at the age they choose to teach this.
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.
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
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 are 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 religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Moderate
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
I have none.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I believe in strong families!
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Disagree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
I'm a believer that parents are the authority on vaccinations.
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Strongly Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly Agree
