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)
Campaign finance information not available
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 · researched September 24, 2026
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 · researched September 24, 2026
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 · researched September 24, 2026
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 · researched September 24, 2026
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 · researched September 24, 2026
Defended Kern High School District student expulsion decisions in an interview about its discipline practices.
December 11, 2011
Source: publicintegrity.org · researched September 24, 2026
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 · researched September 24, 2026
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 · researched September 24, 2026
Race Bryan Batey is in:
- Kern High School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5 · November 3, 2026 · Kern High School District, California · incumbent
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.