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Ruben Cortez Jr.

D

Running, 2024 Texas House of Representatives District 37, Primary Election

Texas State Board of Education (2013-present)

Texas State Board of Education (2013-2023)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Political Experience

  • Member, State Board of Education, State of Texas, District 2, 2012-present
  • Secretary, Texas State Board of Education, 2015-2019
  • Candidate, Texas State Board of Education, District 2, 2018

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Member, State Board of Education, State of Texas, District 2, 2012-present
  • Secretary, Texas State Board of Education, 2015-2019
  • Candidate, Texas State Board of Education, District 2, 2018
  • Member, Board of Directors, Cameron County Children's Advocacy, present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Region One Education Service Center, present
  • Board Member, Cameron County Appraisal District, present
  • Member, Committee on School Initiatives, Texas State Board of Education, present
  • Member, Federal Relations Network (FRN), present
  • Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), present
  • Former Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Long-Range Plan for Public Education, Texas State Board of Education
  • Former Member, Board of Trustees, Brownsville Independent School District
  • Member, Brownsville Independent School Board
  • Former Member, Budget Committee, Brownsville Independent School District
  • Former Member, Council of Urban Boards of Education
  • Former Member, Curriculum and Instruction Committee, Brownsville Independent School District
  • Former Member, Dropout Committee, Brownsville Independent School Board
  • Former Chair, Federal Relations Network Stipend Committee, Texas Association of School Boards
  • Former Member, Internal Audit Committee, Brownsville Independent School District
  • Member, International Christian Center (ICC)
  • Former Chair, Legislative Committee, Brownsville Independent School Board
  • Former Member, Legislative Committee, Texas Association of School Boards
  • Former Judge, Lifetime Achievement Award, Benjamin Mays
  • Former Judge, Magna Award, American School Board Journal
  • Former Judge, Magna Award, National School Board Association
  • Former Member, National Pre-K Legislative Committee, National School Boards Association (NSBA)
  • Former Chair, Policy Committee, Brownsville Independent School Board
  • Former Member, Technology Committee, Brownsville Independent School Board