Jay Michals
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jay Michals
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
Magnolia ISD Board of Trustees - Position 4
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
University of Houston, Houston, Bachelor of Science - Economics, 2005
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Magnolia Cowboy Church, Volunteer, Magnolia’s First Baptist Church
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Donald Trump (2019)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Candidate Modified Reporting Declaration
OTHER INFORMATION
- 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.
Neutral
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Public funding of education through high school is essential for a well functioning modern society. College is not necessarily for everyone and there are many resources available for anyone who would chose that path to facilitate a higher or continued educational goal.
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?
The function of the school board is to hire the superintendent, set the budget, and ensure that the district is meeting state and local goals and mandates to provide quality education for our children.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The school administration with guidance and oversight of the board of trustees.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
When they are violating the procedural rules of the meeting or when they are otherwise violating the law or rights of others under the law or rules of order.
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, arts & music, political science/social studies/government,computer science and technology, finance/economics/accounting,physical fitness/athletics, vocational learning, language all belong. Prioritization varies on age and individual knowledge base.
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Our founding fathers sought religious freedom and representative government. They succeeded in creating the most equitable republic in history.
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Equal access.
Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
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.
Neutral
There are too many variables in this statement to state it so simply. Parents are definitely the best poised to decide their children’s education but they do not have the right to deny them an education altogether.
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Agree
Parents and taxpayers have an obligation to vote and to participate in open meetings, committees, to further maintain this accountability.
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.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christ follower. I believe Jesus lived and subsequently died for mankind. His death cleansed our sin, not so as to prevent our future sin or absolve us from the consequence of the rule of law or society, but so that we may receive the undeserved gift of eternity in heaven. The great commission is to love Him and one another.
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
There are only two genders biologically.
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. Age is dependent on material and explicitness. Nominally this should not begin until 6th grade, and should not be done without parent consent and material review.
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
Did not answer
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
If you can provide photo ID to get on a plane, open a bank account, or get a job, you can do it to vote.
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?
Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Voting record and commentary at MISD Board meetings
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am a Christ following servant leader, husband, and father. By the end of June I will have children that have graduated form UT, TAMU, and UofH. The fourth will have graduated from Magnolia West HS and will be in initial phase of US Army Airborne Special Forces training and my youngest 4 will still be enrolled in MISD across multiple campuses. While It is my hope that people of voting age reading my answers in this limited Q&A would vote for me, more importantly I hope they would get registered to vote, get informed on the candidates and issues, and then vote! Failing to vote is failing to make a difference.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Neutral
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Vaccinations that work (eg MMR) should be endorsed. Experimental drugs should not be prescribed to children.
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 votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Agree
