Candidate · State Board of Education, District 7
Julie Pickren
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 7 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Small business owner
- Lives in
- Pearland area
Background
- Born and raised in Houston; lives near Pearland. source: sboe.texas.gov
- State Board of Education member for District 7; current term January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2027. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Alvin ISD trustee, 2015 to 2021. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Small business owner; has served as an education policy advisor for several states. source: sboe.texas.gov
- Vice chair of the board's Committee on School Initiatives; member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Social Studies. source: sboe.texas.gov
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