Juan Miguel Arredondo
TX · San Marcos CISD Board of Trustees
Juan Miguel Arredondo is a San Marcos CISD school board trustee of about 11 years and president and CEO of United Way of Hays and Caldwell Counties, and was chief of staff to State Rep. Erin Zwiener. His priorities are affordable housing, stronger neighborhoods, streets, drainage and public safety.
Where Juan Miguel Arredondo stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Civil Rights (4 records), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Opposes
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 8 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Seconded and voted for creating a school district inclusion and diversity officer job, which passed 5-2. He also moved a $100 bonus for staff who got a COVID-19 booster; it passed 4-3.
December 13, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: drive.google.com
Moved to require masks for all school employees and students for the 2021-22 school year, to be revisited in January 2022. It passed 6-1.
August 12, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: drive.google.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 8 oppose
Moved to call a November 2024 election asking voters to approve a higher school tax rate (voter-approval tax rate election). He also seconded the 2024 tax rate. Both passed 7-0.
August 19, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Moved to call a May 6, 2023 school bond election. The board approved it 5-2.
February 13, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Moved to give school staff a $3,000 retention payment and a general pay raise for 2022-23. Both passed 5-1.
May 16, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: drive.google.com
Seconded and voted for creating a school district inclusion and diversity officer job, which passed 5-2. He also moved a $100 bonus for staff who got a COVID-19 booster; it passed 4-3.
December 13, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: drive.google.com
Moved to give all hourly school employees a temporary $2 an hour raise starting Oct. 1, 2020. The raise failed 2-4.
September 21, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against raising the school property tax rate to $1.4141 per $100 of value, a 4.99% increase. The rate passed 4-2.
August 20, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
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During 2018-19 budget votes, seconded cutting two school bookkeeper jobs to save $85,000; it passed 6-1. He also voted to cut a bilingual specialist job, which passed 4-3.
June 25, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for a $1.50 an hour raise for clerical, classroom aide, and maintenance staff, 50 cents more than the board had approved. The raise failed on a 3-3 tie.
August 21, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: drive.google.com
Voted against a school bond plan split into two questions ($52.1 million and $55.2 million); it failed 3-4. He then moved to put one $107.3 million school construction bond before voters, which passed 7-0.
February 13, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Made the motion to adopt the school district's 2016-17 budget, which passed 5-2. He also moved to raise the property tax rate to $1.4141 per $100 of value, a 1.48% increase; it passed 6-1.
August 22, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 oppose
Voted against an amended deal with San Marcos police to staff schools with resource officers. It passed 4-2.
November 15, 2021Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: drive.google.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Voted for a $120,000 contract for an outside equity audit of San Marcos schools, after voting against delaying it. The contract passed 4-1.
February 14, 2022Supports Civil Rights
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Voted to add gender identity and expression to the school district's anti-discrimination policy. The change failed 3-4.
July 20, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: drive.google.com
Voted against delaying the "No Place for Hate" anti-bias program until opt-out rules for parents were written. The delay passed 5-2.
November 13, 2017Supports Civil Rights
Source: drive.google.com
Moved to remove every member of the school health advisory council and restart appointments; it failed 2-5. He voted for a resolution against hateful or bigoted speech by a council member, which passed 6-1.
October 16, 2017Supports Civil Rights
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Moved to call a May 6, 2023 school bond election. The board approved it 5-2.
February 13, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
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Voted against a school bond plan split into two questions ($52.1 million and $55.2 million); it failed 3-4. He then moved to put one $107.3 million school construction bond before voters, which passed 7-0.
February 13, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: drive.google.com
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Told the Texas Observer that San Marcos families face crises over rent, food, and low wages, not transgender bathroom use.
March 26, 2026
Source: texasobserver.org
Moved to accept the school library advisory council's recommendations on challenged library books. It passed 6-1.
December 15, 2025
Source: drive.google.com
Publicly criticized the San Marcos Housing Authority after people waited overnight for housing vouchers and were only put on a waitlist. He called it a local leadership failure.
September 19, 2024
Source: cbsaustin.com
Moved to give the old Bonham school campus to Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, a nonprofit, to preserve it. Centro had to pay the transfer costs. It passed 5-1.
March 7, 2022
Source: drive.google.com
Moved to elect all seven school trustees from single-member districts, ending the two at-large seats. The motion failed 3-4.
December 13, 2021
Source: communityimpact.com
Seconded and voted for creating a school district inclusion and diversity officer job, which passed 5-2. He also moved a $100 bonus for staff who got a COVID-19 booster; it passed 4-3.
December 13, 2021
Source: drive.google.com
Moved to cut tuition in half for students already enrolled at Bonham Pre-K. The motion failed 3-4.
September 20, 2021
Source: drive.google.com
Moved to ask the Legislature to let the school district move trustee elections from May to November. The motion failed 3-4.
February 18, 2019
Source: drive.google.com
Voted against hiring Mark Eads as interim school superintendent at his current salary. The hire passed 4-3.
January 19, 2016
Source: drive.google.com
Past race Juan Miguel Arredondo ran in:
- San Marcos City Council Place 6 (Special) · November 3, 2026 · San Marcos city, Texas