Currently holds the office of Oklahoma House of Representatives - District 78 until November 20, 2024.
Candidate for Oklahoma House of Representatives - District 78 in 2024 Oklahoma General Election.
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Get StartedWe need to properly fund our district attorneys, law enforcement and court systems to stop reliance on excessive fines & fees which often times leads poor people into incarceration because they can't pay, which then costs us millions to house them. Learn more
We have no idea at any given time how many are sitting in county jails, for how long, whether they are waiting for mental health competency help, etc. And we have no idea who is being arrested for what so that we as legislators can see problem areas and propose funding and solutions to make the system more efficient and work better. Without data, we are flying blind and that does not lead to the best policy decisions based on fact. Learn more
Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and poverty, and their significant effect on children's ability to learn in a classroom. We need to develop resources and a plan to start factoring ACES into how we address our children's ability to learn. Learn more
Vouchers - they take money away from our public school system and are not good policy. We need to protect our education funding. Learn more
Our education system has been systematically defunded for years and we have a lot to make up for. We must protect education funding. Learn more
Ensures we retain our existing teacher base, and recruit the highest quality of educators we can. Because of low pay, and significant challenges, many of our teachers either left the profession or were recruited to other states where they were welcomed, respected and paid appropriately. Learn more
Ensures there is adequate classroom funding for up-to-date textbooks and other critical learning tools. Learn more
The role rural broadband accessibility must play in growing Oklahoma's statewide entrepreneurial community, which better enables rural economic development which relieves the burden of state funding that is on metro areas. Learn more
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