Education
The Blueprint for the Future adds extra layers of bureaucratic control and does not require that students perform at grade level in reading and math. It limits parental involvement and does not require parental consent for education, social, and health services.
SUPPORT
a. Fewer administrators : more teachers -- fewer consultants : more tutors
b. Education reform — Every child performing at grade level in reading and mathematics.
- Proficiency rates for students for the 2022-2023 school year:
- Language Arts -- 47% MCAP proficient -- students in grades 3-8
- Mathematics -- 25% MCAP proficient -- students in grades 3-8
- Reading -- 31% NAEP proficient -- all Maryland students
- Science -- 35% MCAP proficient -- 5th grade students
c. School choice (vouchers, charter schools, home schooling).
d. Girls’ competitive sports limited to biological girls in accordance with Title IX requirements.
- Transgender girls are biological males with an unfair competitive advantage (disproportional muscle mass, etc.).
OPPOSE
Teaching, counseling or promoting gender transition in schools, including agreements between Boards of Education and hospitals or clinics for “gender-affirming” counseling, treatments or surgeries for children under 18 years of age.
Election Integrity
SUPPORT
a. Government-issued photo ID requirement for voter registration and voting
b. Vote count accuracy and security
a. Government-issued photo ID requirement for voter registration and voting
b. Vote count accuracy and security
OPPOSE
Ranked choice voting
Respect For Life
SUPPORT
a. Protection for pain-capable unborn children.
b. More effective treatment (vs. incarceration) for opioid addiction.
OPPOSE
a. Physician-assisted suicide or “death with dignity” legislation.
b. Constitutional amendment to establish a right to reproductive liberty.
- Allowing minors to choose irreversible gender surgery.
- Allowing perinatal death due to a failure to act.
NOTE: Existing MD law allows abortions up to 26 weeks and thereafter for mental or physical health reasons.
Public Safety
SUPPORT
Increased training for police officers in non-lethal methods of restraint and control of individuals or groups, including training for de-escalating tense or potentially violent demonstrations.
SUPPORT
Development and implementation of effective tests for drug intoxication, distinct from alcohol intoxication. Statistics need to separate drug from alcohol intoxication.
SUPPORT
Strengthened penalties for persons who:
a. Physically attack bystanders, police, or other protesters.
b. Set fires, destroy private or public property with graffiti or physical destruction, or participate in looting and theft during protests, demonstrations and riots.
c. Use lasers or projectiles (e.g., frozen water bottles, gasoline-bottles, rocks) with the intent to obstruct or harm others.
d. Use firearms in the commission of a crime while younger than 13 years of age.
Economy – Energy
SUPPORT
Balanced energy policies that provide citizens multiple, reliable and affordable energy choices.
SUPPORT
Repeal of the annual Consumer Price Index increases to Maryland’s motor fuel tax.
SUPPORT
Fair share allocation of transportation construction and maintenance costs – electric vehicles vs. gas and diesel vehicles. A replacement (not additional) funding source is needed for the gas tax.
