Texas Government 2306- Chapter 14 Quiz

The Lone Star Card is associated with which of the following social programs?

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Each of the following is a condition for receiving funds through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) except

completing the next higher level of education.

Which describes the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) accurately?

It targets families who make too much to be on Medicaid but lack private health insurance

Where Medicare benefits _______, Medicaid benefits _______.

are received by those who have paid into the program; are received by low-income elderly and disabled people regardless of ability to pay

Which of the following accurately describes poverty levels in the state of Texas?

Texas has three of the nation's top five counties of 250,000 or more people with the highest rates of poverty.

The authors cite each of the following as a major issue in the discussion of accountability in higher education except

the funding levels and sources of intercollegiate athletics.

What is required of Texas by the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

To create a state health insurance marketplace or, if it does not do so, face the federal government creating one for it

At the time of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), what was the state of health insurance in Texas?

Texas led the nation in the number of uninsured residents.

The Gilmer-Akin Act of _______ created the modern public school system in Texas.

1949

Which of the following has not been a legislative act or judicial ruling impacting education policy in Texas?

Marbury v. Madison

Hopwood v. Texas addressed

university admissions taking into consideration race-based criteria.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is made up of _______ members who are _________.

nine; appointed by the governor

The Permanent University Fund (PUF) was established to help fund

the University of Texas and Texas A&M systems.

Each of the following has established methods of holding educators accountable except

The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).

The No Child Left Behind Act

is the federal education act requiring schools to institute mandatory testing.

The "Robin Hood" school finance plan came as the result of which court ruling?

Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

On average, Texas school districts get the greatest amount of revenue from which source?

Local governments

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court demand that public schools were not to be segregated based on race?

Brown v. Board of Education

Which of the following is not true about the State Board of Education?

The board determines property tax rates for school district residents.

Which of the following is not among the reasons that the authors list as to why education is important to the state?

Schools allow government to counteract the antisocial values in certain communities.

The Brown v. Board of Education decision produced the following response in Texas:

no desegregation plan

What policy was Governor Shivers defending when he said, "No law, no court, can wreck what God has made."

racial segregation

In 1989, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that the Texas school funding system violated rules laid out by

The Texas Constitution

At which high school did state officials refuse to guarantee the safety for black students?

Mansfield

All of the following have been issues plaguing the Texas education system over the last century except:

gender parity in hiring

Critics of the state legislature's attempts to resolve public education finance argue that the lack of student funds for education force local districts to take the following action:

raise property taxes to the maximum.