1) Put the stages of the policy process in the correct order? How does Thomas Dye define a public good?
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Public policy defined by Thomas Dye as whatever government chooses to do or not to do.
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2) The Top 10 Percent Law was in response to what case? What is the primary goal of the Top 10% Law?
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The 5th U.S. circuit court of appeals ruled that race based admission policy previous used by UT laws was unconstitutional. In early 1977, Tx attorney general Dan Morales held that Hopwood ruling went beyond the law school prohibited all universities in tx from using race or ethnicity as a preferential factor in admissions, scholarships and other student programs. As a response to this case in 1997, the legislature created the 10% law.
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3) What is the Gilmer-Aikin law of 1949 about? What is House Bill 72?
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The Gilmer-Aikin law has made major improvements in the administration of public education and significantly boosted funding for public schools (80% of education funding came from the state) but by the 1970 this law ceased to exist. House bill 72 raised taxes to boost education spending. It also did the following: raised teacher pay, limited class size, require pre kindergarten classes for disadvantage four year old, required students to pass a basic skill test before graduating from high school, required school districts to provide tutorial services for failing students, and two provisions of the HB 72 that were controversial: literacy test for teachers and no pass no play, it also replaced the state board of education which held a non reformist approach to education.
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4) What is the Southwest Border Initiative?
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It directed state dollars to upgrade historically Hispanic institutions.
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5) Which bill instituted tuition deregulation? List the alternatives available to rising tuition costs at institutions of higher education?
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HB 3015. they are required by law to spend at least 20% of the revenue generated from the increase in tuition on financial aid, they must also spend at least 25% to hire more student workers and award additional loans to students who may be strapped for cash, 5% of the 25% must go to a state pool that funds the be on time student loan program, which was established by the Texas legislature.
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6) Which items were included in the 1984 landmark education legislation known as House Bill 72 that was spearheaded by Ross Perot?
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1. Raised teacher pay
2. Limit class size
3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds
4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school
5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
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7) The most controversial provisions in House Bill 72, the 1984 education reform law, were ________.
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were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
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8) What was the central issue in Edgewood v. Kirby?
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The texas supreme court ruled in the case that the states system of financing public education violated the texas constitution. The court ordered the legislature to create a system whereby districts with the same tax rate would have roughly the same amount of money to spend per student. They focused on equality of tax revenues rather than equality of expenditures.
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9) What were some solutions to the rising cost of tuition?
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10) The United States Supreme Court, in a 2003 ruling on a case involving the University of Michigan, effectively overturned Hopwood v. Texas by holding that ________. What was the name of the court case? What was Abigail Fisher v. UT Austin about? What was the Supreme Court ruling?
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11) The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Edgewood ISD v. Kirby was that _____.
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12) The Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act of 2007 did what?
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14) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did what?
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13) The three main issues that have shaped education policy in Texas during the last fifty years are ____.
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15) The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in?
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16) San Antonio v Rodriguez dealt with the _____.
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17) In Edgewood ISD v. Kirby, the key constitutional issue was _____.
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18) A 1983 report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education was called _____.
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19) Ross Perot was appointed by Governor Mark White to chair a committee on education. As committee chair, he was particularly scornful of ______.
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20) The high school graduation rates in Texas are ____.
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21) The percentage of Texans living in poverty is approximately _____.
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22) The generally accepted standard by which poverty is measured in the United States is the _______.
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23) During the 1980s, a growing number of critics alleged that welfare programs_____.
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24) The primary purpose of TANF was to_____.
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25) Since its creation, Medicaid as _____.
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26) The single most important issue confronting Texas policy makers with regard to Medicaid is_____.
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27) In legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court ruled that ____.
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28) Responding to the Supreme Court decision on national health care legislation of 2010, Governor Perry announced that ____.
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29) According to a report released in July 2012 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, relative to other states, Texas is ranked ____in health care services and delivery.
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30) Most of the water used in Texas comes from _____.
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31) Most of the water in Texas is for _____.
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32) Underlying water policy in Texas is ____.
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