| ACADEMICS |
| o Yes o No |
1. |
Do you believe schools should give
primary emphasis to teaching basic skills (e.g. reading, grammar, spelling, arithmetic) rather than social or psychological matters? |
| o Yes o No |
2. |
Do you support the use of intensive, systematic phonics to teach first-grade children how to read? |
| oYes o No |
3. |
Do you support the goal that children should be able to read by the end of the first grade? |
| o Yes o No |
4. |
Do you support the teaching of abstinence as the norm for unmarried teenagers and as the only truly effective way to prevent sexually-transmitted diseases?
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| o Yes o No |
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Do you believe the topics of homosexuality and alternative lifestyles should be excluded from the classroom? |
| o Yes o No |
6. |
Do you support teaching that the use of illegal drugs and the unlawful use of alcohol are "wrong"? |
| o Yes o No |
7. |
Do you reject classroom instruction that downgrades American sovereignty, limited constitutional government, or private enterprise? |
| POLICY |
| o Yes o No |
8. |
Do you support local control of education, with accountability through the local school board, rather than federal control exercised through federal and state bureaucracies and business partnerships? |
| o Yes o No |
9. |
Do you reject federal control of curriculum through the Goals 2000 and School-to-Work laws? |
| o Yes o No |
10. |
Do you oppose the establishment of school-based health clinics, which may perform examinations, provide immunizations and medications, and dispense birth control devices and abortion referrals, without parental consent or knowledge? |
| o Yes o No |
11. |
Do you oppose the collection and maintenance of data on student health, performance, attitudes, behavior, and family, as well as academics, in computerized databases? |
| o Yes o No |
12. |
Do you oppose allowing the school district to deduct money from the paychecks of school employees and forward it to political funds without the annual written consent of each employee? |
| PARENTS' RIGHTS |
| o Yes o No |
13. |
Do you believe in the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children? |
| o Yes o No |
14. |
Do you support a school board policy allowing parents the right to inspect and review instructional materials and methods? |
| o Yes o No |
15. |
Do you support a school board policy forbidding psychological evaluations, testing, treatment, or physical examinations of students without prior written parental consent? |
| o Yes o No |
16. |
Do you believe parental consent should be required prior to giving information and care to students regarding sexuality and reproductive health? |
| o Yes o No |
17. |
Do you oppose requiring students to answer nosy questionnaires about sex, drugs, suicide, and family behavior without prior written parental consent? |
| o Yes o No |
18. |
Do you support the right of parents to homeschool their children? |
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