We invite you to complete this questionnaire to share your position on key issues with Jersey City’s 15,000+ registered Republicans. Please respond directly inline and return your completed questionnaire to feedback@jerseycityrepublicanparty.com by October 20th.
Student Security & Safety
- Will you support policies that prioritize physical security of students, including hiring veterans and retired police officers for school security roles?
- What specific steps will you take to improve school safety beyond current measures (e.g., access control, threat assessment, coordination with local law enforcement)?
- Do you support consistent, enforced discipline policies so that violent or chronically disruptive students do not endanger or distract the rest of the student body?
Fiscal Responsibility & Vendor Transparency
- Will you require full public transparency on all major vendor contracts, including competitive bidding processes, scoring criteria, and the final selection rationale?
- How will you ensure that spending decisions prioritize classrooms and student outcomes over administrative overhead, consultants, or ideologically driven programs?
- Do you commit to regular, easy-to-understand public reporting on district finances so taxpayers can see exactly where money is going?
Stopping Ideological Propaganda & Indoctrination
- Will you actively work to remove partisan ideological content and propaganda from classrooms, curricula, teacher training, and school materials?
- Do you oppose the use of schools to indoctrinate students in contested political or social ideologies (including critical race theory-derived frameworks, gender ideology, or other activist agendas) rather than teaching academic knowledge and critical thinking?
- How will you ensure that instructional materials and professional development remain neutral, age-appropriate, and focused on academics instead of advancing any political or cultural agenda?
Academic Focus & Standards
- Do you believe the primary mission of public schools is teaching core academic subjects (reading, writing, math, science, history) to high standards?
- Will you support restoring or strengthening traditional academic standards and oppose lowering them in the name of equity or other non-academic goals?
- How will you measure success—primarily by student achievement data rather than process or equity metrics?
Curriculum Transparency & Parental Rights
- Do you support full curriculum transparency so parents can easily review all instructional materials before they are used?
- Will you require parental notification and consent before a student is socially transitioned at school or referred for counseling related to gender or sexuality?
- How will you protect the right of parents to opt their children out of lessons or surveys involving sexuality, gender, race, or politics without penalty?
Fairness & Student Welfare
- Do you support biological sex-based categories for sports, bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations?
School Choice & Governance
- Do you support expanding educational options so that tax dollars follow the student (charters, education savings accounts, open enrollment, etc.)?
- If elected, what are the first three concrete policy changes you would push for in the first year?
- Will you commit to regular parent surveys and public forums where parents can question curriculum, spending, and policy decisions?