Jim Needham
TX · Flour Bluff ISD Board of Trustees, Place 2
Jim Needham is a Flour Bluff ISD trustee first elected in 2011 and a retired Dean of Community Outreach at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from Texas A&M University.
Where Jim Needham stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Education Quality (1 record), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Seconded the order to sell up to $193,490,510 in Flour Bluff ISD school building bonds, repaid with a property tax. It passed 6-0.
May 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Made the motion to approve employee pay raises for the 2022-2023 school year at Flour Bluff ISD. It passed 6-0.
July 28, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted with the full board, 7-0, to form a Flour Bluff ISD police department. He also made the motion to approve a working agreement with the Nueces County Sheriff's Office.
September 24, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Made the motion for the Flour Bluff ISD board to look into starting its own school police department. The resolution passed 6-0.
October 24, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Seconded a Flour Bluff ISD board resolution against school vouchers, tax credits, and other plans that reduce public school funding. It passed 7-0.
January 31, 2013Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Seconded the order to sell up to $193,490,510 in Flour Bluff ISD school building bonds, repaid with a property tax. It passed 6-0.
May 13, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Made the motion to approve the 2014-2015 list of school bond building projects. He left out the swimming pool project until the board got more information. It passed 5-0.
September 25, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Seconded removing the book "The Summer of Jordi Perez" by Amy Spalding from the Flour Bluff Junior High library after a challenge. It passed 6-0.
January 29, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Seconded the motion to set Flour Bluff ISD's 2025-2026 property tax rate at $0.9461. It passed 4-0.
August 26, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Seconded a motion for Flour Bluff ISD not to offer an optional human sexuality class program. It passed 6-0.
February 24, 2022
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Seconded a motion to undo the board's August 2020 vote that ended free breakfast for all students. The motion passed 6-1.
December 3, 2020
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Seconded a motion to end free breakfast for all students at Flour Bluff ISD's primary, elementary, and intermediate schools in the spring. It passed 5-2.
August 11, 2020
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Made the motion to extend the Flour Bluff ISD superintendent's contract by one year, to 2020. It passed 6-0.
March 9, 2017
Source: meetings.boardbook.org · researched September 17, 2026
Profile last researched September 16, 2026.