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Hunter is originally from Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from James Martin High School and earned his associate degree in library technology from Tarrant County College. Hunter currently lives in Arlington, Texas.

Hunter is currently a student University of Texas at Arlington pursuing a bachelor's degree in history.

Hunter Crow previously ran for the Arlington Independent School District Board of Trustees in 2023 and in 2018, Texas Railroad Commission in 2022, Arlington City Council District 7 in 2020, and Tarrant County College Board of Trustees in 2019, but did not win.

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Supports requiring Independent Schools Districts to include environmental education in their curriculum and encourages home educators to integrate knowledge of the natural environment into their teaching.

Supports new educational entitlements that allow students to learn about food and gain experience in growing food plants.

Supports continuing and expanding bilingual education.

Supports expanding bilingual education by requiring all students to be taught a 2nd or 3rd language, beginning in 1st grade.

Supports non-classroom learning and the use of nonprofessional teachers.

Opposes using standardized tests for grade advancement, graduation, or teacher pay, and believes averaged scores are not useful for comparing schools.

Supports a comprehensive curriculum that includes languages, arts, sciences, critical thinking, citizenship, and social movement history.

Supports integrating nonintellectual skills such as interpersonal relations, dealing with emotions, nonviolent conflict resolution, environmental appreciation, vocational training, and the "arts of democracy" in school curricula.

Supports encouraging independent school districts to involve children in growing, preparing, and cooking food.

- Supports requiring Independent Schools Districts to include environmental education in their curriculum and encourages home educators to integrate knowledge of the natural environment into their teaching.
- Supports new educational entitlements that allow students to learn about food and gain experience in growing food plants.
- Supports expanding bilingual education by requiring all students to be taught a 2nd or 3rd language, beginning in 1st grade.
- Supports non-classroom learning and the use of nonprofessional teachers.
- Opposes using standardized tests for grade advancement, graduation, or teacher pay, and believes averaged scores are not useful for comparing schools.
- Supports a comprehensive curriculum that includes languages, arts, sciences, critical thinking, citizenship, and social movement history.
- Supports integrating nonintellectual skills such as interpersonal relations, dealing with emotions, nonviolent conflict resolution, environmental appreciation, vocational training, and the "arts of democracy" in school curricula.
- Supports encouraging independent school districts to involve children in growing, preparing, and cooking food.

School Curriculum

Plans to adapt school outdoor areas to safely attract wildlife.

Believes Independent School Districts should become sustainable institutions and involve students in developing and managing sustainability programs and audits.

Supports twinning every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.

Supports connecting every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.

Believes the state should substantially increase funding for local education.

- Plans to adapt school outdoor areas to safely attract wildlife.
- Believes Independent School Districts should become sustainable institutions and involve students in developing and managing sustainability programs and audits.
- Supports connecting every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.
- Believes the state should substantially increase funding for local education.

School Facilities & Resources

Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses.

Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses trained to work alongside teachers.

Supports providing free balanced nutritious lunches for all children, catering to vegetarian, vegan, and religious dietary needs, and ensuring vending machines offer only healthy snacks.

Supports strong anti-bullying policies in Texas public schools, acknowledging the vulnerabilities of children from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTIQA+ and those with learning disabilities.

Supports monitoring Independent School Districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations against discrimination and bullying.

- Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses trained to work alongside teachers.
- Supports providing free balanced nutritious lunches for all children, catering to vegetarian, vegan, and religious dietary needs, and ensuring vending machines offer only healthy snacks.
- Supports strong anti-bullying policies in Texas public schools, acknowledging the vulnerabilities of children from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTIQA+ and those with learning disabilities.
- Supports monitoring Independent School Districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations against discrimination and bullying.

Student Wellbeing

Supports providing teachers with professional status, fully funded health insurance, and salaries comparable to other professions requiring advanced education, training, and responsibility.

Supports teachers' unions having the right to strike.

Supports regular professional development days for teachers from minority or under-represented groups.

Believes in encouraging state and local school boards to provide more programmatic support and to make decisions at the grassroots level of teachers and principals.

- Supports providing teachers with professional status, fully funded health insurance, and salaries comparable to other professions requiring advanced education, training, and responsibility.
- Supports teachers' unions having the right to strike.
- Supports regular professional development days for teachers from minority or under-represented groups.
- Believes in encouraging state and local school boards to provide more programmatic support and to make decisions at the grassroots level of teachers and principals.

Teachers

Supports eliminating tuition and student fees at Texas public colleges and universities for Texas high school graduates.

Aims to establish Cross School District liaison teams that will work to remove barriers to participation.

Supports introducing a requirement to monitor achievement in minority and under-represented groups to improve opportunities and remove participation barriers.

Opposes school vouchers, believing public funding should serve public schools.

Opposes school vouchers, stating that "public funding must serve public schools."

Supports conducting audits of independent school districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with disability legislation and providing funding to address any issues.

Believes education is essential for a democracy and that children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

Believes children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

- Supports eliminating tuition and student fees at Texas public colleges and universities for Texas high school graduates.
- Aims to establish Cross School District liaison teams that will work to remove barriers to participation.
- Supports introducing a requirement to monitor achievement in minority and under-represented groups to improve opportunities and remove participation barriers.
- Opposes school vouchers, stating that "public funding must serve public schools."
- Supports conducting audits of independent school districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with disability legislation and providing funding to address any issues.
- Believes children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

Access to Education

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Hunter Crow

Hunter is originally from Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from James Martin High School. Hunter serves on the elections supervisory board of the University of Texas Arlington Student Government Association and volunteers in the community as a Texas notary public. He lives in Arlington, Texas.

As of September 15, 2024, Hunter Crow’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Hunter Crow previously ran for the Arlington Independent School District Board of Trustees in 2023 and in 2018, Texas Railroad Commission in 2022, Arlington City Council District 7 in 2020, and Tarrant County College Board of Trustees in 2019, but he did not win.

Supports an experiential approach to learning that encourages inquiry and practical involvement in the living world.

Believes parents significantly influence personal development but supports adding this to the Texas Public Education Curriculum.

Believes students should be taught "the arts of democracy" and how to be politically involved in their communities.

Believes in encouraging flexibility in school day structure and teaching methods, saying "Teachers must bring the world into the classroom, and bring the classroom out into the community."

Believes music and arts, food security, outdoor access, and reconciliation are important areas to address in Texas public schools.

Believes that making education a national priority and spending large sums on education will help reduce class sizes, create special classes for youth with special needs, maintain and rebuild deteriorating school facilities, and modernize the curriculum.

- Plans to adapt school outdoor areas to safely attract wildlife.
- Believes Independent School Districts should become sustainable institutions and involve students in developing and managing sustainability programs and audits.
- Supports twinning every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.

Believes schools should prepare students for the future and sees opportunities to better support at-risk children and youth.

Believes addressing the "serious problems children bring with them to school" is essential and costly.

Believes in enhancing child well-being through leadership programs that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Supports providing full and adequate creche (childcare) services for all staff and students.

Believes in community involvement and has served as a student representative and volunteer in various capacities.

Believes schools and teachers will continue to have a duty of care towards young people.

- Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses trained to work alongside teachers.
- Supports providing free balanced nutritious lunches for all children, catering to vegetarian, vegan, and religious dietary needs, and ensuring vending machines offer only healthy snacks.
- Believes schools and teachers will continue to have a duty of care towards young people.
- Supports strong anti-bullying policies in Texas public schools, acknowledging the vulnerabilities of children from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTIQA+ and those with learning disabilities.
- Supports monitoring Independent School Districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations against discrimination and bullying.

Believes Texas should remove legal restrictions that prevent teachers from fully engaging in political life.

Believes Independent School Districts should offer advice and guidance on content and delivery for both schools and home educators.

Believes principals are "essential people in effective educational institutions."

Supports breaking down barriers to education in post-K-12 settings.

Believes Texas public schools should focus on music and arts, food security, outdoor access, and reconciliation.

Believes providing essential education on good diets will improve behavior, quality of life, and learning.

- Supports eliminating tuition and student fees at Texas public colleges and universities for Texas high school graduates.
- Believes the state should substantially increase funding for local education.
- Aims to establish Cross School District liaison teams that will work to remove barriers to participation.
- Supports introducing a requirement to monitor achievement in minority and under-represented groups to improve opportunities and remove participation barriers.
- Opposes school vouchers, believing public funding should serve public schools.
- Supports conducting audits of independent school districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with disability legislation and providing funding to address any issues.
- Believes education is essential for a democracy and that children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

Hunter Crow was born on February 20, 1995, in Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from James Martin High School in Arlington ISD in 2014. He currently resides in the 11th SBOE district.

Hunter Crow currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Green Party of Texas and is commissioned by the state of Texas as a Notary Public. He previously served on the Tarrant County College South Campus Student Government Association as Senate Chair and Senator At Large.

Hunter Crow previously served on the Tarrant County College South Campus Student Government Association for three years and held positions as Senate Chair and Senator At Large. He is currently the Co-Chair of the Green Party of Texas and serves on multiple Green Party committees, including the GPUS Bylaws, Rules, Policies and Procedures Committee, GPUS Accreditation Committee, GPUS Credentials Committee, and GPUS Outreach Committee. Crow was the 2022 Green Party Nominee for Texas Railroad Commission and has run for the Tarrant County College Board of Trustees, Arlington City Council, and Arlington ISD Board of Trustees.

- Members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) set statewide education policy, including approving graduation requirements, selecting textbooks and instructional materials, overseeing the state’s Permanent School Fund, and approving or vetoing charter school applications. 
- Board members participate in rule-making, review and adopt academic standards, and offer final approval on educator certification and other statewide education regulations. 
- SBOE members are elected from geographically defined “education districts.” Under normal circumstances, they serve staggered four-year terms.
- Serving on the board does not pay a salary, but members may be reimbursed for expenses incurred while doing board business.

Member of the board that governs the state's education system. 