Issues

State Representative Dora Olivo

Effective Experienced Leadership

Education

• Joined with fellow Democrats in the effort to increase state funds for public education while reducing residential property taxes
• Authored legislation which would have ensured disciplinary schools provide their students with educational opportunities, as opposed to merely warehousing students
• Authored legislation to minimize the negative impacts of high-stakes standardized testing on our students and let teachers make the final decision, not corporate test-makers.

Health Care

• Opposed cuts to the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
• Led the fight against privatizing state health care providers, especially the Richmond State School
• Named to the National HIV/ AIDS Taskforce

Opportunity

• Fought the deregulation of state college and university tuition rates which led to record tuition increases
• Successfully defended the “Top Ten Percent Rule” which guarantees students who graduate in the top ten percent of their class are eligible to attend the state college or university of their choice
• Included Texas Southern University and University of Texas – Pan American in the Texas Entrepreneurship Network – a public-private partnership that will provide training, resources and financing to create jobs and business opportunities.

Clean Air & Water

• Received a 100% scorecard from Texas League of Conservation Voters for my record of championing clean air and water.
• Fought to ensure local governments can safeguard the public's drinking water supply by preventing developers from using grandfathering clauses to circumvent modern day regulations.