Khalid Ishaq
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Khalid Ishaq
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Plano ISD Board of Trustees - Place 5
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, M. Sc. Software Engineering, 1995
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, B. Sc. Computer Science, 1990
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
East Plano Islamic Center, Board of Directors
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Anthony Ricciardelli - Plano City Council Member, Place 2
Angela Powell - Plano ISD Board of Trustee Place 2 * *Title and affiliation listed for identification purposes only
Michael Gould - Collin County District Clerk
Judge John Payton - Collin County Justice of Peace (Retired)
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History for Khalid Ishaq from the Collin County Elections Department during the time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary election: Republican
- 2020 Primary election: Republican
- Voted in two Republican Primary elections 2002 - 2018
- Voted in 12 General elections 2002 - 2022
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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 be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
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
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.
Strongly Disagree
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?
Tax dollars should follow the child; provided measures are in place to ensure those dollars are spent responsibly and corrective action is taken when taxpayer money is misspent. Additionally, we need to take a long hard look at the government funding of our public universities. The university level has been ground zero for the indoctrination of our next generation for many years now. We need to stop funding our own demise. This has to stop.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Tax dollars should follow the child; provided measures are in place to ensure those dollars are spent responsibly and corrective action is taken when taxpayer money is misspent. Additionally, we need to take a long hard look at the government funding of our public universities. The university level has been ground zero for the indoctrination of our next generation for many years now. We need to stop funding our own demise. This has to stop.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Agree
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
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
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?
to be the voice of the parents, to be the oversight on spending, to find and advocate for funding the best education
What is the function of the local school board?
to be the voice of the parents, to be the oversight on spending, to find and advocate for funding the best education
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Parents and parents advocates should be part of the entire process of setting the curriculum and determining the resources used therein.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Parents and parents advocates should be part of the entire process of setting the curriculum and determining the resources used therein.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents must always be allowed to speak at school board meetings. God gives parents a responsibility to raise their children in his image. There is no school board on earth that has the authority to remove this right from a parent.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Parents must always be allowed to speak at school board meetings. God gives parents a responsibility to raise their children in his image. There is no school board on earth that has the authority to remove this right from a parent.
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 Language Arts Science Personal Finances American History Information Technology Vocational Learning Art & Music Physical Fitness Foreign Language Social Emotional Learning Everything else has no place in K-12
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 Language Arts Science Personal Finances American History Information Technology Vocational Learning Art & Music Physical Fitness Foreign Language Social Emotional Learning Everything else has no place in K-12
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
A. Liberty and equality
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
A. Liberty and equality
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Equal access to education for all.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Equal access to education for all.
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.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly 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
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
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
Strongly Disagree
Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?
No
Strongly Disagree
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Strongly Agree
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
We have conservative faith-based beliefs in values. But as a parent, I also have a role as being a caretaker for children. I feel I have a duty to protect our children and this is why I decided to run for the school board. I believe in three things: faith, family and community.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
We have conservative faith-based beliefs in values. But as a parent, I also have a role as being a caretaker for children. I feel I have a duty to protect our children and this is why I decided to run for the school board. I believe in three things: faith, family and 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
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 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
Parent is the first source of information specially in case of healthcare
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
Parent is the first source of information specially in case of healthcare
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are the only people responsible to teach sex education at the age they decide.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents are the only people responsible to teach sex education at the age they decide.
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
abstinence human anatomy/the reproductive system Nothing else
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
abstinence human anatomy/the reproductive system Nothing else
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
I want to expand that to say Abrahamic Values
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
I want to expand that to say Abrahamic Values
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.
Strongly Agree
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?
Very 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?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
I am not a public figure, just a super-concerned conservative parent and future grandparent. I do not have interviews and media reports. I do have a lot of friends in the conservative leadership
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
I am not a public figure, just a super-concerned conservative parent and future grandparent. I do not have interviews and media reports. I do have a lot of friends in the conservative leadership
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am concerned about the Woke Books that are now creeping into our libraries; we must be vigilant. I am one of the few parents that actually had a book removed from a list due to the nature of the subject
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am concerned about the Woke Books that are now creeping into our libraries; we must be vigilant. I am one of the few parents that actually had a book removed from a list due to the nature of the subject
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
I will agree if measures are taken to protect guns from getting into the hands of children
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
I will agree if measures are taken to protect guns from getting into the hands of children
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None
I support mask mandates.
Disagree
I support mask mandates.
Disagree
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Strongly Agree
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
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly Agree
