Nancy K. Smith
CA · Member, Palmdale School District Board of Trustees
Nancy K. Smith has served on the Palmdale School District board since 2013 and was the district's superintendent from 1994 to 2003. A former teacher and school finance official, she says she wants to keep improving the district's buildings and programs.
Where Nancy K. Smith stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Public Education Quality (5 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 oppose
Voted to adopt Palmdale School District’s 2026–27 budget and authorize temporary cash borrowing from county school funds.
June 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Voted to authorize the issuance and negotiated sale of up to $40 million in Palmdale School District bonds.
October 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Voted for Palmdale’s 2025–26 accountability plan, including $1.9 million for English-learner support and $8.7 million for extended learning and curriculum access.
June 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Retained four school crossing guards as substitute employees after county funding disappeared, saying student safety came first.
August 18, 1993Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: latimes.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted for school protocols limiting immigration-status data collection and student-information disclosure, and requiring judicial warrants or exigent circumstances for immigration enforcement’s campus entry.
February 18, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 5 support
Voted to fund the Boundless Educator Teaching Residency with California State University, Bakersfield at $22,000 per resident, for up to five residents annually.
June 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Voted to authorize the issuance and negotiated sale of up to $40 million in Palmdale School District bonds.
October 7, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Voted for Palmdale’s 2025–26 accountability plan, including $1.9 million for English-learner support and $8.7 million for extended learning and curriculum access.
June 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Defended Palmdale’s denial of Guidance Charter School’s renewal, distinguishing its performance from two other charter schools she described as doing well.
August 23, 2018Supports Public Education Quality
Source: latimes.com
Expanded Palmdale’s teacher search to Canada during a hiring drive that recruited 30 Canadian teachers for smaller classes.
November 4, 1996Supports Public Education Quality
Source: latimes.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Voted for school protocols limiting immigration-status data collection and student-information disclosure, and requiring judicial warrants or exigent circumstances for immigration enforcement’s campus entry.
February 18, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted for school protocols limiting immigration-status data collection and student-information disclosure, and requiring judicial warrants or exigent circumstances for immigration enforcement’s campus entry.
February 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted to authorize the issuance and negotiated sale of up to $40 million in Palmdale School District bonds.
October 7, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Served as the California School Boards Association’s representative on the state School Employer Advisory Committee, which advises on the School Employees Fund.
October 23, 2026
Source: edd.ca.gov
Served as a management trustee of California’s Valued Trust, which provides healthcare benefits to school employees.
October 23, 2026
Source: cvtrust.org
Served as first vice president of the Antelope Valley School Boards Association after previously serving as president.
October 8, 2026
Source: apps.lavote.gov
Voted to seek an exemption from California’s minimum classroom-teacher salary spending requirement for fiscal 2024–25.
June 23, 2026
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Was selected for the California School Boards Association’s 2026 audit and legislative committees as its Region 22 director.
September 27, 2025
Source: publications.csba.org
Voted to authorize a $4.9 million purchase of five Palmdale land parcels using expanded-learning program funds, with environmental review deferred.
February 18, 2025
Source: simbli.eboardsolutions.com
Served on the California School Boards Association’s artificial intelligence taskforce as a Palmdale trustee and Region 22 director.
January 29, 2024
Source: blog.csba.org
Served as a Los Angeles County School Trustees Association director, co-chaired its monthly calendar committee, and served on its bylaws committee.
July 15, 2023
Source: lacoe.edu
Received the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council’s endorsement for Palmdale School District trustee.
October 6, 2022
Source: laocbuildingtrades.org
Received the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor's endorsement for Palmdale school board in the 2022 election.
September 25, 2022
Source: thelafed.org
Was a named defendant in a Palmdale employment-discrimination case whose dismissal for failure to prosecute was upheld; the district’s attorney-fee request also remained denied.
April 24, 2003
Source: casemine.com
Bought school surveillance cameras and defended secret installation to deter theft; teachers’ union objected after classroom cameras were discovered and removed.
February 21, 1998
Source: latimes.com
Received a two-year appointment as Palmdale superintendent after serving as assistant superintendent for business since June 1990.
November 4, 1993
Source: latimes.com
Past race Nancy K. Smith ran in:
- Palmdale School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 1 · November 3, 2026 · Palmdale School District Trustee Area 1 · incumbent