Clayton County Board of Education 

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Jasmine is from Clayton County, Georgia. She attended Lovejoy High School. She has a bachelors of arts in English and African studies from Emory University, she has a masters of science in education and from the University of Miami, and a certificate in education finance from Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

She is the Georgia State Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She has worked there for 6 months. She previously worked as the Founder of PROOF Inc, Everywhere Kids Are, School Board Partners, the Louisiana Department of Education, and Teach for America.

Jasmine Bowles is currently the Board of Education Member representing Clayton County District 1. She was elected in 2018 and is serving her first term. She also ran in 2016 for the Board of Education for District 1 in Clayton County but did not win.

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As of July 5, 2022, Jasmine Bowles’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Board Member Jasmine Bowles 

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Supporter of anti-racist school curriculums and provides resources to anti-racist education resources on her website for educators.

Supports getting the student voice in setting the curriculum. Her goal is to provide a seat to a "scholar" as a Board of Education Member to ensure the student voice is heard in the decisions of the Board.

Supports equalization grants to get more funds to the Clayton County Public School System due to the major differences in tax revenue between Clayton County and the other Metro-Atlanta counties.

- Supporter of anti-racist school curriculums and provides resources to anti-racist education resources on her website for educators.
- Supports getting the student voice in setting the curriculum. Her goal is to provide a seat to a "scholar" as a Board of Education Member to ensure the student voice is heard in the decisions of the Board.
- Supports equalization grants to get more funds to the Clayton County Public School System due to the major differences in tax revenue between Clayton County and the other Metro-Atlanta counties.

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Supports expunging criminal records for those who are a "scholar, parent, or neighbor," and are experiencing economic challenges as a result.

As a Board of Education Member, she described her vision for the district as: "Clayton County Public Schools to be a place where every scholar, teacher, school, and family has access to the tools, resources, and opportunities they need to self-actualize and fulfill their wildest dreams."

- Supports expunging criminal records for those who are a "scholar, parent, or neighbor," and are experiencing economic challenges as a result.
- As a Board of Education Member, she described her vision for the district as: "Clayton County Public Schools to be a place where every scholar, teacher, school, and family has access to the tools, resources, and opportunities they need to self-actualize and fulfill their wildest dreams."

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Jasmine Bowles

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.