Joel Bryan
TX · Bryan ISD Board of Trustees, At-Large Place 6
Business owner and president of the Bryan ISD Board of Trustees, first elected in November 2023. Educated at the University of Kentucky.
Where Joel Bryan stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 oppose
Voted to approve selling the district's Series 2026 school building bonds, which borrow money for school construction. The board approved it 6-0.
August 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to call a November 3, 2026 voter-approval tax rate election, which asks voters to approve a higher school tax rate. The board approved it 6-0.
August 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted to raise the school property tax rate to $0.9668 per $100 of property value, a 2.10% increase. The board approved it 6-0.
August 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted yes to call a school bond election for November 4, 2025. Bonds let the district borrow money for school projects. The board approved it 7-0.
August 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Seconded the motion for an $859,607 contract with TNT Security Solutions for armed guards. The guards cover each campus without a city school resource officer, as a new state law (HB 3) requires. It passed unanimously.
June 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Made the motion to renew a deal with the City of Bryan to place city police officers in schools as school resource officers. The board approved it unanimously.
July 15, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to approve selling the district's Series 2026 school building bonds, which borrow money for school construction. The board approved it 6-0.
August 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Voted for a board resolution reaffirming voluntary religious expression and the reading of religious texts in schools. At the same meeting, he voted to decline a resolution on Texas Senate Bill 11. Both passed 6-0.
February 23, 2026
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Was elected president of the Bryan ISD school board by a 7-0 vote.
December 1, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted for the 2025-2026 school district budget of $184,661,710. The budget planned to spend $6,742,760 more than it expected to take in. It passed unanimously.
June 16, 2025
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Was chosen as board secretary for 2024-2025 in a unanimous board vote.
December 2, 2024
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Won the Bryan ISD school board At-Large Place 6 seat on November 7, 2023. He ran unopposed and received all 6,039 votes cast in that race.
November 7, 2023
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Past race Joel Bryan ran in:
- Bryan ISD Board of Trustees, At-Large Place 6 · November 3, 2026 · Bryan Independent School District, Texas · incumbent