Candidate · State Board of Education, District 8
Audrey G. Young
What this job does: One of 15 members of the State Board of Education. The board sets what Texas public schools must teach, approves textbooks and other teaching materials, and helps manage the Permanent School Fund, a state investment fund for schools. Only some districts are up this year.
- Current office
- Member, State Board of Education, District 8 (since January 2021)
- Occupation
- Educator; interim special education director for several small districts
- Lives in
- Trinity
Background
- Took office on the State Board of Education in January 2021; re-elected in 2022 and 2024. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Doctorate of Education from Stephen F. Austin State University (2019); also holds degrees in communication sciences and disorders, curriculum and instruction, and educational leadership. source: sboe.texas.gov
- More than 30 years in public education as a speech therapist, reading specialist and administrator; retired as executive director of student support services and special education at Nacogdoches ISD. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Served six years on the Apple Springs ISD Board of Trustees in Trinity County. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Chair of the board's Committee on Instruction; member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Social Studies. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Won the March 2026 Republican primary over George Vachris with about 69% of the vote. source: en.wikipedia.org
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