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Supports advocating for paid family leave and affordable childcare.

Advocates for paid family leave and affordable childcare.

- Advocates for paid family leave and affordable childcare.

Economy

Supports honoring commitments to veterans and ensuring they receive benefits and support.

- Supports honoring commitments to veterans and ensuring they receive benefits and support.

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Healthcare

Aims to increase graduation rates and reduce "excessive standardized testing."

Wants to reduce the amount of standardized testing.

Wants to "fight to undo budget cuts and ensure all schools have the funding they need to train and educate the leaders of tomorrow."

Supports improving educational conditions for economically disadvantaged and at-risk students. Plans to advocate for increased public school funding, college affordability (including free community college), and an end to budget cuts in education.

Plans to advocate for increased public school funding, college affordability (including free community college), and an end to budget cuts in education.

Believes creating education and training pipelines is vital for providing Texans with essential skills and knowledge for the workforce.

Supports charter schools, believing they can successfully serve at-risk students and benefit local communities.

- Wants to reduce the amount of standardized testing.
- Opposes school budget cuts. 
- Plans to advocate for increased public school funding, college affordability (including free community college), and an end to budget cuts in education.
- Believes creating education and training pipelines is vital for providing Texans with essential skills and knowledge for the workforce.
- Supports charter schools.

Education

As of September 7, 2024, Barbara Gervin-Hawkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Texas House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas State Legislature
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 21 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State representatives are elected to two-year terms during even-numbered years. There are no term limits. 
- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.