Colin Hodges

Agree

A school should respond to a student facing an unwanted or crisis pregnancy with compassion, dignity, and support for both the student and her unborn child. Parents should be involved wherever legally possible, and schools should connect families with trusted community resources that support life, health, education, and the student’s ability to continue pursuing her future.

Agree

As someone with federal civil service experience, I also believe that qualifying government service is an appropriate path to loan forgiveness for federally backed student loans.

Public education from Pre-K through 12th grade is a core public responsibility and should be properly funded, locally accountable, academically focused, and respectful of taxpayers. For me, college education is different. Government may provide targeted assistance and support, but students should remain primarily responsible for the cost of the college education and debt they choose to pursue. I took out a federally backed loan and I then paid it back. That’s how it should be.

“Separation of church and state” means government should neither establish a religion nor interfere with the free exercise of faith. Public schools should not take the place of parents, churches, or families in teaching religious belief, but students and staff should never be forced to leave their faith at the schools front door. Religious liberty must be protected equally, without government endorsement or hostility.

Agree

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Strongly Agree

America’s history is imperative for students to learn, but a clear of understanding of World History also creates well rounded students ready to take on the challenges of the real world.

Neutral

I support returning greater control of education to states, local communities, parents, and locally elected school boards, while reducing unnecessary federal bureaucracy and spending. My position is that we need to reform government, eliminate waste and federal overreach, and move decision-making closer to students & families while ensuring essential responsibilities are handled efficiently and responsibly.

Because public schools serve diverse families, students should have access to age-appropriate sex education covering abstinence, consent, contraception, anatomy, reproductive health, pregnancy, and fetal development. Schools should never teach sexual acts or sexual pleasure, or use sex education for ideological instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity. Parents deserve curriculum transparency and the right to opt their child out.

Neutral

UIL programs are funded and administered by public school districts for the students they serve through the ADA system. I would like to see data on how many students educated outside the public school system have taken advantage of UIL access. I would also like to see the state provide an appropriate funding mechanism so local taxpayers and enrolled students are not required to absorb those additional costs.

My priorities for K-12 public education are: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, American & World History, Civics, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Vocational Learning, Information Technology, Art & Music, and Foreign Language. Public schools should first provide students with a strong academic foundation, an understanding of our nation and civic responsibilities, and the practical skills necessary to become successful, productive adults. Extracurricular’s are very important too!

Strongly Agree

Public schools should equip students with a strong academic foundation, while also helping develop the character, responsibility, and civic understanding necessary for productive citizenship. A quality education should prepare students not only for personal success, but also to preserve the principles of self-government, respect for our nation’s history, and the values that sustain strong families and communities.

Neutral

I support historically established parental choice in education, including public, option transfer, private, and homeschool options. Having attended both private and public schools, I understand the value strong private institutions provide. However, competition alone does not improve public schools. Lasting progress requires strong local leadership, academic accountability, responsible stewardship, parental engagement, and greater community authority to meet students’ and families’ needs.

Strongly Disagree

Women’s sports and sex-specific spaces should be reserved for biological women and girls. Protecting these distinctions preserves fairness in athletic competition and respects the privacy, dignity, and safety of women and girls in spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, and other sex-specific facilities.

I’m an active member of Milestone Church and strive to raise my family according to biblical values. My faith emphasizes integrity, personal responsibility, service, compassion, humility, strong families, and treating everyone with dignity and respect. I seek to steward my responsibilities wisely, stand for what is right, and serve my community with honesty and purpose as a husband, father, neighbor, and leader.

Strongly Agree

Strongly Agree

People should be judged by their character, work ethic, abilities, accomplishments, and the choices they make. Our schools and institutions should promote merit, personal responsibility, and high standards. Success should be earned through effort and achievement, and individuals should be evaluated based on what they do and contribute.

Strongly Agree

Strongly Agree

Disagree

Literary value shouldn’t create a blanket exemption from obscenity standards when material is being made available to children. Schools have a responsibility to ensure library content is age appropriate and suitable for students. At the same time, I believe obscenity standards should be clearly and objectively defined so parents, educators, and school boards can apply them consistently and avoid subjective or politically motivated decisions.

Strongly Disagree

Voters should be required to present a valid form of photo identification before casting a ballot. We are routinely required to prove our identity for many important activities in everyday life, and voting should be held to an equally serious standard. A citizen’s right to vote is one of our most fundamental civic rights, and reasonable identification requirements help safeguard that right, protect election integrity, and maintain public confidence in our elections.

Never.

Never.

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I first moved to DFW in 2013 but left for one year from 2014 to 2015. In addition to the list above, I also voted in the 2024 Republican Primary and General Election and the 2026 Republican Primary, and I plan to vote in the 2026 Midterm General Election.

Republican Party

Conservative

I consider myself Conservative because I believe in limited and accountable government, fiscal responsibility, personal responsibility, religious liberty, strong families, parental rights, and preserving the constitutional principles and civic traditions that have made our country successful. I believe government works best when decisions are made as close to the people as possible and when local communities are empowered to solve local problems.

Neutral

I’m not currently convinced that arming faculty is a necessary or broadly supported school safety policy for my community. I strongly support our district-employed SRO’s and the partnerships we have with local law enforcement agencies to protect our campuses. I also believe teachers are hired to educate students, not to assume the responsibilities of trained, experienced, career law enforcement officers. Any policy of this significance should be based on demonstrated need.