Gov Chapter 9

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sunset review process

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over a cycle of 12 years, each state agency is studied and the legislature decides whether to abolish, merge, or retainit.

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public administration

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the implementation of public policyby government employees

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bureaucrats

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public employees

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elite access

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the ability of the business elite to deal directly with high-ranking goverment administrators to avoid meeting regulations

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patronage system

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hiring friends and supporters as goverment employees without regard to their abilities

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merit system

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hiring, promoting and firing on the basis of objective criteria such as tests, degrees, experience, and performance

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State Board of Education
(SBOE)

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a popularly elected 15-member bosy with limited authority over Texas's K-12 education system

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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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Administers the state's public school system of more than 6,300 schools

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commissioner of education

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the official who heads TEA

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Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)

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a standardized test covering a core curriculum

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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an agency that provides some direction for the state's community colleges and universities

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equal opportunity

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thakes care that policies and actions do not discriminate

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affirmative action

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takes postive steps to attract women and minorities; mayinclude using race in admission or hiring decisions

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top 10 percent rule

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Texas law gives automatic admission to any Texas public college or university to those graduating in the top 10% of their Texas high school class

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executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission

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appointed by the governor with senate approval, this executive commisioner administers the HHSC, develops policies,makes rules,and appoints commmissioners to head the commission's four departments

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Temporary assistance for needy families(TANF)

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Replaced Aid for falilies with Dependent Childeren (AFDC) in attempt to help poor people move from welfare to the workforce

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food stamp program

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Joint federal-state program administered by the state to provied food to low-income people

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Medicaid

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Funded in largest part by federal grants in part by state appropriations,medicaid is administered by the state. It provieds medical care fir persons whose income fall below the poverty line

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Medicare

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funded entirely by the federal goverment and administered by the U.S. department of Healt and Human Services, Medicare provides medical assistance to qualified applicants ages 65 and older

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Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

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A state agency headed by 3 salaried commissioners who oversee job training and umemployment compensation programs

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Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)

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a popularly elected, 3 membered commission primarily engaged in regulating natural gas and petroleum production

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Public Utility Commission (PUC)

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A 3 membered body with regulatory power over the electric amd telephone companies

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deregulation

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The elimination of goverment restrictions to allow freemarket competition to determine or limit the actions of individuals and corporations

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commissioner of insurance

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appointed by the governor,the commissioner heads the Texas Department of insurance, which is responsible for ensuring the industry's financial soundness and protecting policyholders

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Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

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Headed by a commission, the department maintains almost 80,000 miles of roads and highways and promotes highway safty

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Depr

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Texas agency that runs state parks abd regulates hunting,fishing,and boating

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

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The state agency that coordinates Texas's enviromental protection efforts

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“red tape”

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are the rules that the bureaucrats must follow it slows the process down and prevents employees from making the decisions that go against the rules

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Number of fulltime state employees

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120 full-time state employees for every 10,000 citizens

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Equitable treatment

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the fair treatment of women and blacks

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ISDs

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those are independent school discticts there are about 1,040 shoulder primary responsible for delivery of educational services to more than 4 mill students

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Public v charter schools

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public schools have a strict cirriculum that is set by the state while a charter school is more flexible in there cirriculum and with the people they hire

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TEKS

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Texas Essential of knowlage and skills cirriculum for its subject and grade

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Flagship universities

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are large colleges that have numerous campus and are widely known they are prestigious and have great political power

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Closing the Gap initiative

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is somthing that requires the flag ship schools to increas their minority enrollment whather it be with scholarships or by affirmative action

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Poverty TX v. US

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the Tx leg consol. 12 agiences in to one big one texans also believe in selfreilance and makeing it harder to get funding for welfare while some programs get lost of help those who dont get much lobbying are then taken care of by the state

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Lone Star Card

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was started to reduce the fraud of people using food stamps who didn't need them this is a replacement for the paper stamps used for such purchases with a card

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WIC

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women, infents & children this provieds a delivery system for food packages, nutritional counseling and health care screening

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AIDS

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Aquired immunodeficiency syndrome this is passed exchanging body fluieds of an infrected person or by using drug needles that have already been used

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"agency capture”

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this is when a regulated industry exerts excessive influence over an agency intended to regulate it

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"file-and-use” system

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insurers are free to set their rates, but the commissioner of insurence is authorized to order reductions & refunds if the rates are determined to be excessive

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Toll roads

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a road that the county or city requires you to pay a price to travel on that strip of road the money help to pay for the construction and for other things

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Tourism

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is the 3rd largest industry in Texas, this envolves Rv's and camping sits & hiking opportunities