18) A 1983 report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education was called _____.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
  • 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.
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?
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • 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.
  • ...
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
28) Responding to the Supreme Court decision on national health care legislation of 2010, Governor Perry announced that ____.
  • 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.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • ...
  • 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.
17) In Edgewood ISD v. Kirby, the key constitutional issue was _____.
  • 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.
  • ...
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
1) Put the stages of the policy process in the correct order? How does Thomas Dye define a public good?
  • 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.
  • It directed state dollars to upgrade historically Hispanic institutions.
  • Public policy defined by Thomas Dye as whatever government chooses to do or not to do.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
8) What was the central issue in Edgewood v. Kirby?
  • ...
  • It directed state dollars to upgrade historically Hispanic institutions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
32) Underlying water policy in Texas is ____.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • 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.
  • 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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13) The three main issues that have shaped education policy in Texas during the last fifty years are ____.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • 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.
  • ...
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
22) The generally accepted standard by which poverty is measured in the United States is the _______.
  • 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.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • ...
  • 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.
26) The single most important issue confronting Texas policy makers with regard to Medicaid is_____.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • ...
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
15) The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
23) During the 1980s, a growing number of critics alleged that welfare programs_____.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • 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.
  • ...
25) Since its creation, Medicaid as _____.
  • 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.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
16) San Antonio v Rodriguez dealt with the _____.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
  • 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.
  • 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.
21) The percentage of Texans living in poverty is approximately _____.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
  • 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.
  • 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.
4) What is the Southwest Border Initiative?
  • It directed state dollars to upgrade historically Hispanic institutions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Public policy defined by Thomas Dye as whatever government chooses to do or not to do.
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.
  • ...
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
19) Ross Perot was appointed by Governor Mark White to chair a committee on education. As committee chair, he was particularly scornful of ______.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
3) What is the Gilmer-Aikin law of 1949 about? What is House Bill 72?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • It directed state dollars to upgrade historically Hispanic institutions.
  • 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.
20) The high school graduation rates in Texas are ____.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • 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.
  • ...
12) The Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act of 2007 did what?
  • ...
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • 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.
14) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did what?
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • 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.
  • ...
27) In legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court ruled that ____.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
  • ...
9) What were some solutions to the rising cost of tuition?
  • 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.
  • were literacy test for teachers and no pass no play.
  • ...
  • 1. Raised teacher pay2. Limit class size3. Required pre-kindergarten classes for disadvantaged 4 year olds4. Required students to pass a basic skills test before graduating form high school5. Required school district to provide tutorial services for failing students
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