Fe Bencosme
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Fe Bencosme
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board & Special HD2
Race
Houston ISD Board of Trustees, Dist. III
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, MA English
University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas USVI, BA Speech Communications & Theatre
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Concerned Women for America, Contributor, Lord of the Streets Homeless Outreach, Houston, TX
Volunteer, Contributor, Project Row Houses for Unwed Mothers, Houston, TX, Volunteer
Texas Right to Life, Houston, TX, Contributor
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Harris County Republican Party GOP
OTHER (1)
Houston Police Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Organization of Spanish-Speaking Officers (OSSO)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Documents:
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 10/07/2022 through 01/15/2023
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 01/16/2023 through 07/15/2023
- $100.00 contribution from Save Texas Now
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Please note: the following information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for educational purposes only:
OTHER INFORMATION
- Partisan Primary Election Voting History from Harris County Clerk's Elections Department for FeLiza R Bencosme during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary election: Republican
- 2020 Primary election: Republican
- Voted in zero Republican Primary elections 2016 - 2018
**Election Voting History is not considered during panel evaluations.**
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?
We must end the rewarding and/or funding of any public education institution--including Pre-K through college--promoting ideals contrary to America's founding principles.
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 school board in collaboration with the superintendent, sets the vision and the goals for continuous improvement, and monitors progress toward said goals. The school board also has a fiduciary responsibility to the public to provide good stewardship of public funds, including approving and adhering to a budget and setting a tax rate.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula rests with the school board with input from stakeholders taken into consideration.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Any parent who approaches a school board in good faith should never be restricted from speaking in said 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
Language Arts & American History, Latin, Mathematics, Natural Science, Art & Music, Foreign Language (Greek, French, German).
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?
Equity in education means all students receive access to a quality education irrespective of skin color, ethnicity, or political identification.
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
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.
Cradle Catholic
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 are the primary providers for their children's education and upbringing. They decide when it is appropriate for their children to be introduced to matters regarding human sexuality.
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
If schools teach anything having to do with human anatomy the focus should be from the perspective of how the human body and its organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out chemical and physical functions within the ecosystem of the body, and offered to upper grades only, e.g. high school seniors.
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.
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?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-angelas-soap-box-88287019/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-mandy-connell-26936030/episode/08-29-23-interview---fe-bencosme---can-we-get-beyond-race-122067164?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/11/01/author-explains-why-race-does-not-exist/ https://thankgodformonday.com/ (Coming October 2023)
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I am concerned citizen with a long history of service to the community. Running for school board, my first for public office, is another expression of my belief that those who have time and a skill should share both with the community because it is for those reasons we were granted such gifts.
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2016 Republican Primary 2016 General Election 2018 General Election 2020 Republican Primary 2020 General Election 2022 Republican Primary 2022 General Election
In 2014 I was teaching in Qatar from where I voted by absentee ballot.
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Disagree
I would prefer exploring other alternatives to keeping students and others safe while on school grounds.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Mandated vaccinations infringe on liberty and personal responsibility and should never be required or coerced.
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
