Goals:

• Pass Constitutional Amendments:

  • Eminent Domain Protections for Family Ranches – Secure generational land from unfair seizure.

  • Property Tax Exemptions for Retired Public Servants:

    • Retired First Responders

    • Retired Teachers

    • Retired Veterans

• Eliminate property tax exemptions for any for-profit corporation.

• Add a $500 annual property tax exemption per child to support working families.

• Create a 5-year property tax exemption per adopted child to encourage and support adoption.

"We reward service, protect families, and ensure corporations pay their fair share."

• Expand Medicaid & Medicare to cover more vulnerable Texans.

• Rebuild & Invest in Non-Profit Healthcare Networks.

• Launch the "Texas Heroes & Families Care Plan":

  • Non-Profit State Buy-Down Program:

    • First Responders, Teachers, Veterans, & Family Ranchers: Access to non-profit health coverage for no more than $300/month.

    • All Children under 18 & Disabled Texans: Full health coverage for less than $200/month.

• Mandate Transparency: All non-profit healthcare providers must publicly report costs and outcomes.

"If we can send you to war or into a burning building, we can guarantee you affordable healthcare when you come home."

Goals:

• By 2030: Update all non-profit hospitals to have Level 2 NICU capabilities.

• After 2030: Require any newly built hospital to include a Level 2 NICU.

• Introduce "Community Choice" in Public Projects: Allow local communities to choose between Universities and preferred state subcontractors (like ERCOT, TXDOT) for infrastructure planning and execution.

• Implement the "Texas First" Procurement Rule: All state-funded public infrastructure must maintain a materials ratio of:

  • 50% Texas-Made

  • 30% American-Made

  • 20% or Less Foreign-Made

"Our infrastructure should save lives, create local jobs, and be built with Texas hands."

Goals:

• Empower Experts: Task Universities, Trade Schools, and Unions with designing textbooks, apprenticeship programs, and standardized tests for core subjects and skilled trades.

• Title 1 School Transformation Grant:

  • $1 million annual grant to qualifying schools.

  • Funds must be used for: Teacher pay/signing bonuses and classroom supplies/updates.

  • Accountability: Schools must maintain an 80% graduation rate with graduates earning a minimum of 15 college credits or a trade license.

• $50 Billion "Texas Future" Partnership Grant:

  • Forge partnerships between Universities/Trade Schools and High Schools.

  • Grant Renewal Condition: After 5 years, partner districts must demonstrate a majority of graduates have earned 30+ college credit hours.

"Education shouldn't end with a diploma—it should launch a career. We're connecting learning directly to earning."

• They're Data-Driven: Based on cost-saving analysis (e.g., Workers' Comp mandate saving $1.5B).

• They're Non-Partisan: Protect veterans, teachers, ranchers, and children—values all Texans share.

• They're Fiscally Responsible: Eliminate corporate loopholes to fund family and hero exemptions.

• They're Locally Powered: Return control to communities (University competition, local procurement).

Quote from Andrew: "I've served with Republicans and Democrats in uniform. When lives are on the line, there's no time for partisan games. That same mindset should apply in Austin."