A) community colleges in poorly performing districts.
B) community colleges in primarily minority districts.
C) independent school districts that sought to reduce the dropout rate.
D) universities seeking to achieve national prominence as research institutions.
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A) The Texas Constitution was amended in the 1990s to require that the voters approve of the creation of a state income tax, and that any money generated from it be used to support public education.
B) The Texas Constitution explicitly prohibits a personal income tax, and does not include any provision for creating a personal income tax.
C) The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the personal income tax that had been in place previously violated the Texas Constitution. Once a law has been declared unconstitutional by the Texas Supreme Court, it cannot be reintroduced.
D) The creation of any new forms of revenue, including a personal income tax, would require the support of three-fourths of both chambers of the legislature. In the current partisan polarized environment, it is nearly impossible to reach this threshold.
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A) widely disbursed across numerous state agencies.
B) concentrated in one agency.
C) concentrated in a few state agencies.
D) determined at each annual legislative session.
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A) are approved by the comptroller, governor, and LBB.
B) are not more than 5 percent of the state's revenue.
C) are automatically paid first to ensure that the state does not default.
D) are paid from a distinct fund kept separate from monies needed for essential functions.
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A) state spending
B) revenue bonds
C) appropriations
D) general obligation bonds
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A) at the request of the comptroller of public accounts and with the approval of the governor.
B) only once every ten years.
C) with the approval of three-fifths of the members of both the Texas House and Texas Senate.
D) with the approval of the state treasurer and the governor.
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A) state monies going to support the federal government in its efforts to reduce the deficit.
B) monies going to a state based on a state spending for a program.
C) always distributed to states without any strings attached.
D) only awarded to states that have an income tax.
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a. Dual budget system: This means that r...View Answer
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A) buy textbooks for Texas children.
B) fund primary and secondary schools in the state.
C) fund universities and community colleges in the state.
D) fund the two main universities in Texas: the University of Texas and Texas A&M.
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A) the Permanent University Fund
B) the Texas Higher Education Coordination Board
C) the Texas comptroller
D) the Texas Education Commission
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A) personal income taxes are the largest source of funding for the state.
B) the legislature does not have direct control of most of the money in the state budget.
C) the legislature has a good amount of flexibility in terms of how money in the different funds can be spent.
D) federal expenditures are determined by the state legislature.
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a. Tuition deregulation: Prior to 2003, tuition and fee rates for state universities had been set by the state legislature. In 2003, the legislature gave regents the authority to raise tuition, and tuition skyrocketed.
b. Background conditions: In 2003, the state experienced a $10 billion shortfall. The state mandates a balanced budget. As a trade-off for a 2 percent cut in the higher education budget, the legislature gave the regents authority to raise tuition to make up the difference.
c. Impact for higher education: Education became an expensive commodity. Spiraling student debt coupled with higher tuition and fees for higher education made it difficult for Texans to attend college. Various studies found that tuition and fees rose at a lower rate between 2003 and 2013 than pre-deregulation.
d. Tuition regulated: State leaders want to hold down the cost of tuition, but few want to return all decision making about tuition to the legislature. Most political leaders recognize that if Texas wants to build high-quality universities, someone has to pay for it. The legislature is unwilling to allocate more general revenue monies to fund higher education.
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A) 8.25
B) 7.15
C) 9.50
D) 6.25
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A) appropriations can stay the same, as long as the budget balances.
B) appropriations have to shrink as well.
C) appropriations have to increase to stimulate the economy.
D) the comptroller and the governor have the sole authority to decide how to deal with this kind of economic issue.
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A) the tax burden consumes a greater percentage of income received by lower-income individuals.
B) the tax burden consumes a greater percentage of the income earned by higher-income individuals.
C) everybody pays the same percent of his or her income in taxes.
D) the more income one has, the larger the percentage of it that goes to pay taxes.
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A) the dedicated funds are mandated in the constitution and cannot be altered.
B) there is a specific margin of error allowed in the budgeting process.
C) the plural executive has a significant influence in the budgeting process.
D) since taxes are paid into the state on a yearly basis, the legislature is able to set an annual budget.
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