Bryan Batey
CA · President, Kern High School District Board of Trustees (Trustee Area 5)
Bakersfield businessman and homebuilder with a USC MBA who has served as a Kern High School District trustee from 1994 to 2004 and since 2006, now as board president. His stated priorities are campus safety and smaller student-teacher ratios.
Where Bryan Batey stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Moved to place a school bond authorization on the November 2022 ballot; the board approved his motion 4–1.
June 27, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Moved to place a school bond authorization on the November 2022 ballot; the board approved his motion 4–1.
June 27, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to place a school bond authorization on the November 2022 ballot; the board approved his motion 4–1.
June 27, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Received the Kern High School Teachers Association Representative Council endorsement for Trustee Area 5.
September 1, 2026
Source: khsta.org
Seconded and voted for a board resolution on Title IX and transgender student athletes; it passed 3–2.
October 6, 2025
Source: 4.files.edl.io
Defended Kern High School District student expulsion decisions in an interview about its discipline practices.
December 11, 2011
Source: publicintegrity.org
His controlled campaign committee and its treasurer were fined $5,000 for not reporting payments to subvendors in 2006.
June 10, 2010
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Voted to display "In God We Trust" with civic-history documents in Kern High School District classrooms after suggesting that design as a compromise.
November 5, 2007
Source: latimes.com
Past race Bryan Batey ran in:
- Kern High School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5 · November 3, 2026 · Kern High School District, California · incumbent