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Audrey Young

Audrey Young

Republican Incumbent

Candidate for Texas State Board of Education, Dist. 8

About

State Board of Education member for District 8 since 2021. Has worked as a speech-language therapist, reading specialist, middle school administrator, and district-level leader, most recently serving as Executive Director of Student Support Services and Special Education for Nacogdoches ISD before retiring. Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Literacy Chair.
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Conservative Endorsements

Candidate Videos

MC Eagle Forum Candidate Forum
Bluebonnet Curriculum in Public Schools
Special Education in Texas

Survey Responses

iVoterGuide

Notable Quotes

“The Bible is the number one source of influence and reference in Western Literature.”
“I believe in teaching American principles…the history of America, the history of how our nation was founded.”
“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.”

Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities

Border Security & Immigration
  • STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH SANCTUARY CITIES noting the fiscal impact of undocumented students on public schools as a crisis. Supports America-first approaches in related curriculum contexts.[1]
Secure Our Elections
  • STRONGLY AGREES WITH REQUIRING PHOTO ID TO VOTE, stating, “Legal citizens can legally vote.”[1]
Education Issues
  • VOTED AGAINST THE ANTI-VOUCHER RESOLUTION offered at a 2022 State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting, stating that the board should instead ask the Legislature to evaluate the public education budget and require SBOE input/approval.[1][2][3][4]
  • VOTED FOR MATERIALS AND STANDARDS EMPHASIZING AMERICAN AND TEXAS EXCEPTIONALISM as an SBOE member. Restored language linking Harriet Tubman to the biblical Moses/Exodus story after an amendment removed it.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
  • SUPPORTS PARENTAL RIGHTS, including greater transparency via parent portals and school choice.[1][2][3][4]
  • WORKED TO STOP COMMON CORE CURRICULUM introduced by out-of-state companies and joined with other conservative SBOE members to reject Science TEKS, Health TEKS, and textbooks which sought liberal indoctrination of Texas public school students.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
  • LED THE REVISION OF THE DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK, aligning Texas law with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for the first time, giving struggling readers tools they need to become literate.[1]
Protect Childhood Innocence
  • PRIORITIZES ABSTINENCE FOCUS, local community values, and parental involvement via School Health Advisory Councils (SHACs).[1][2]
  • WORKED ON DISTRICT POLICIES IMPLEMENTING THE READER ACT (House Bill 900, 2023), which requires vendors selling library materials to Texas public schools to rate them for sexual content, prohibits those rated “sexually explicit,” and requires parental consent for those rated “sexually relevant,” while mandating stricter school library collection standards.[1][2][3][4]
  • SUPPORTS PARENTAL RIGHTS and parents as the ultimate decision-makers for their students.[1][2]
Gender Issues
  • STRONGLY AGREES BIOLOGICAL MALES SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN WOMEN'S SPORTS or occupy women’s spaces (bathrooms, etc.), and supports the determination of gender by birth certificate per Texas Education Code.[1][2]
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
  • RESPONDED "NEUTRAL" on a candidate questionnaire asking her opinion of expanding gambling in Texas.[1]
Protect Life
  • BELIEVES HUMAN LIFE DESERVES PROTECTION beginning at conception and that abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or serve as school resources.[1][2][3]
Islamification of Texas
  • STRONGLY AGREES THAT SHARIA SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED OR INCORPORATED IN ANY FORM in the U.S. legal framework and that the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) should only teach U.S. law. Curriculum updates include critical historical context on patriotic figures and events.[1][2][3][4]
National Security
  • SUPPORTS TEACHING THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF COMMUNISM in updated Social Studies TEKS.[1][2][3]
Other Constitutional Issues
  • AGREES WITH DISPLAYING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS in public schools.[1][2][3]
  • BELIEVES THAT INCLUDING BIBLE PASSAGES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION does not violate separation of church and state.[1][2]
  • VOTED TO APPROVE THE STATEWIDE READING LIST that includes multiple Bible passages and stories for academic/literary study across grade levels.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
  • STRONGLY DISAGREES with mask mandates.[1][2]
  • DOES NOT SUPPORT MANDATORY VACCINATIONS for public-school attendance.[1][2]
  • SUPPORTS LICENSED TEACHERS CARRYING FIREARMS at school in coordination with safety teams.[1][2]

Notes from Local Researchers

  • Conservative and highly qualified. Working to bring back a focus on patriotic American and Texas history.