Abbie Tykocki
MI · East Lansing Public Schools Board of Education trustee
Abbie Tykocki is a current member of the East Lansing Public Schools Board of Education, serving as trustee.
Where Abbie Tykocki stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Public Education Quality (2 records), Data Privacy (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 oppose
Moved a three-year deal for a full-time school safety and student support director at $166,000 a year, paid with state safety grant money. It passed 6-0.
June 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded a $463,926.96 contract to upgrade security cameras and door access across the school district. It passed 7-0.
April 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to issue the 2025 school building and site bonds, along with refunding bonds, for East Lansing schools. The vote was 6-0.
February 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Moved, as an East Lansing Arts Commission member, to pay artist Ndubisi Okoye $40,000 from the public art fund for a downtown garage mural. It passed unanimously.
May 20, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Moved a three-year deal for a full-time school safety and student support director at $166,000 a year, paid with state safety grant money. It passed 6-0.
June 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to accept state school safety and mental health money that required waiving legal privilege in some cases. She called it a lose/lose choice. It passed 5-1.
November 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded a $463,926.96 contract to upgrade security cameras and door access across the school district. It passed 7-0.
April 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded two new student safety policies for East Lansing schools: one on suicide prevention and one on threat assessment. Both passed 7-0.
January 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Seconded a school board resolution endorsing the Invest in MI Kids proposal. It passed 5-0.
October 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded a new pilot sexual health curriculum for grades 7 through 12. The school board approved it 6-0.
March 10, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Moved to have East Lansing schools join a national lawsuit against PowerSchool over its December 2024 data breach. The board approved it 6-0.
November 10, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: elps.us
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 3 support
Spoke at a public forum against proposed limits on the East Lansing Human Rights Commission. She called barring city employees from filing complaints a horrific idea.
June 8, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: eastlansinginfo.news
Voted for a resolution backing a safe and supportive school environment for all students, regardless of immigration status. It passed 7-0.
January 13, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Helped organize the Pinecrest neighborhood's Juneteenth march and celebration for racial justice, first held in 2020 after George Floyd's murder.
June 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: eastlansinginfo.news
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to issue the 2025 school building and site bonds, along with refunding bonds, for East Lansing schools. The vote was 6-0.
February 10, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Voted to approve a school district health center, including its location, parent consent policy, and list of services. It passed 7-0.
June 9, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded adoption of the school district's 2025-26 general fund budget. The board passed it 7-0.
June 9, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Acted as treasurer of the ballot committee campaigning for the 2022 East Lansing Public Library millage question.
September 7, 2022
Source: eastlansinginfo.news
Spoke at a school board hearing on renaming Pinecrest Elementary for civil rights leader Robert L. Green. She argued school names need not stay tied to neighborhoods.
July 26, 2021
Source: eastlansinginfo.news
Moved, as an East Lansing Arts Commission member, to pay artist Ndubisi Okoye $40,000 from the public art fund for a downtown garage mural. It passed unanimously.
May 20, 2021
Source: cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net
Emailed East Lansing City Council asking it to halt the city's deer cull in Henry Fine Park. She wrote as Pinecrest Neighborhood Association board president.
January 12, 2021
Source: eastlansinginfo.news
Spoke to the East Lansing Planning Commission against removing a ban on Sunday sales at 2200 Coolidge Road. She spoke as Pinecrest Neighborhood Association president.
June 10, 2020
Source: cityofeastlansing.civicweb.net
Past race Abbie Tykocki ran in:
- East Lansing Public Schools School Board Member, 4-Year Term · November 3, 2026 · East Lansing School District, Michigan · incumbent