Higher education in Texas is overseen by the

Higher education in Texas is overseen by the
 
  a. Legislative Joint Education Committee.
  b. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  c. Texas Education Agency.
  d. University of Texas Board of Regents.
  e. Consolidated Boards of Higher Education Regents.

 Q. 2

Which type of state budget can be used to finance investments in roads, bridges, buildings, and other infrastructure?
 
  a. Capital budget
  b. Standing budget
  c. Balanced budget
  d. Operating budget

 Q. 3

The result of the Edgewood v. Kirby case was that
 
  a. statewide sales taxes increased.
  b. wealthy school districts were required to reduce their tax rate.
  c. poor school districts were required to increase their tax rate.
  d. municipalities were required to shift revenues from municipal operations to poor school districts within their city limits.
  e. wealthy school districts were required to share revenues with poor districts.

 Q. 4

On average, which area of spending represents the largest part in a state's capital budgets?
 
  a. Ports and harbors
  b. Transportation infrastructure
  c. Retirement homes
  d. New and renovated schools

 Q. 5

Legally, the Texas State Board of Education can __________ of textbooks.
 
  a. specify the content
  b. specify the Table of Contents
  c. only determine the accuracy
  d. investigate the political agenda of publishers
  e. None of the above is true.

 Q. 6

Which of the following is TRUE regarding aid to the poor?
 
  a. Assistance to the poor works in a dissimilar manner as medical benefit programs to the poor.
  b. Cash assistance to the poor represents a much lower proportion of state spending on social services thanhealth care.
 c. In 1996, Congress passed a block grant program that shifted much of the responsibility for welfare assistanceprograms from state governments to the national government.
 d. The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program represented an expansion of total welfare benefits.

 Q. 7

As a result of the Texas State Board of Education's actions in 2010, critics charged that the Board had imposed
 
  a. an unfair pay scale for teachers.
  b. excessively strict administrative controls on school districts.
  c. limits on teachers' academic freedom.
  d. a conservative Christian fundamentalist political agenda on schools.
  e. the views of professional educators on school teachers.