Jason Carmichael

Non-Partisan | Kansas

Candidate Profile

Conservative (Conditional)

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Jason Carmichael


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2023


Election

General Municipal and School Board


Race

Wichita USD 259 Board of Education, Dist. 4


Incumbent

No


Links

Jason Carmichael websites FacebookX

EDUCATION

Wichita State University, Wichita, MBA, 2018

Wichita State University, Wichita, BBA, 2016

University of Texas, San Antonio, 1996

WORK & MILITARY

US Army, CW2, 9.5

AFFILIATIONS

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Kansans for Life PAC

OTHER (1)

Culture Shield Action Inc.

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

Kansas For Life

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Report

OTHER INFORMATION

Candidate signed Parent Pledge from Moms for Liberty

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

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?

K through 12 seems right. Pre-K and after 12th grade is just too much.


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

The Kansas Constitution has this in the Kansas Bill of Rights. Matters of conscience are already in the First Amendment, the Kansas Bill of Rights are especially clear about it.


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

Set Policy, Approve Budget, Higher the Superintendent.

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

State BOE recommends and the local BOE sets the curricula.

When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?

During the invocation or moment of silence, and during the specific topic being discussed. At the end of the meeting when "new business" is to be discussed, no restrictions other than time.

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

Language Arts(Reading), STEM, Physical Fitness, Art & Music, History, Personal finances, Vocational (Shop - Wood, Welding, Home Economics, Automotive Maintenance, etc)

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

Liberty and equality.

What does "equity in education" mean to you?

Holding back leaders and fast learners to bring up and wait on slow learners.

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

All students are unique, when they are ready then it should be discussed at the proper time.

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

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.

Strongly Agree

Do you believe print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review, including those without children enrolled in school.

Yes


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am Roman Catholic. I walk daily with the Prince of Peace. I am not worthy of His grace. I can only try to be a good steward of His.

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

We must not let this social fad consume our youth. If our future becomes infected with these fads, we must do everything possible to embrace them and support them in this mental health crisis.

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?

Children have no business being exposed to sex education. Young adults, (puberty age) should have parent-led education at the appropriate time the parent determines.

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

Consent, Abstinence, Anatomy, Fetal Development.

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

Strongly Agree

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

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should be allowed in female locker rooms and bathrooms.

Strongly Disagree

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

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.

Did not answer

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).

https://kflpac.org/announced-endorsements-primary-2023/

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

Did not answer

I voted in these primaries and general elections:

2014 Republican Primary 2014 General Election 2016 Republican Primary 2016 General Election 2018 Republican Primary 2018 General Election 2020 Republican Primary 2020 General Election 2022 Republican Primary 2022 General Election


2ND AMENDMENT

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

Agree


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

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

When vaccines are thoroughly proven to perform as intended, such as Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis, Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Polio, and Chickenpox. Religious exceptions to vaccinations must be honored.

I support mask mandates.

Strongly Agree

No student-athlete should be allowed to play football without a proper face mask. Catchers in softball and baseball should also be required to have a mask, I am pro-Fielder's Mask for softball if requested. I support masks in Hocky as well, and mandatory for Hocky goalies. I don't think it is allowed to do fencing without a mask, I support this. Masks play a critical safty role in athletics.

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

Agree

At a bare minimum recorded and posted online for free easy review at any time. Creating transcripts may mean somebody has to do additional work at the expense of the taxpayer.

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

Agree

A properly recorded meeting should be sufficient to have all votes recorded.

If you are not already receiving our emails, stay up to date with important election alerts, educational articles, and encouraging reminders.

I agree to receive text messages at the phone number provided.