Unit 4 Texas Government (With complete solution)

ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXAS EXECUTIVE BRANCH AFFECTS PUBLIC POLICY correct answers -Hierarchy of authority in state government 200 boards, commissions & depts implement laws & policies Sunset Review attempts to keep state agencies efficient BUREAUCRACY AND STATE EMPLOYEES correct answers Agency heads determine how policy is executed Govt is the state's largest employer - 218,000 FTEs 2014-15 Texas ranks 43rd in number of state employees per 10,000 citizens FACTORS IN DETERMINING STATE AGENCIES' SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING THEIR POLICY GOALS correct answers VIGOR/VISION OF THE LEADERSHIP AGENCY RESOURCES ELITE ACCESS BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT BY THE LEGISLATURE COMPETENCE, PAY AND RETENTION correct answers LEGISLATURE SETS SALARIES & BENEFITS EMPLOYEES SERVE "AT WILL" EDUCATION correct answers -AN EDUCATED POPULACE IS NECESSARY IN A DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVT -1836 CONSTITUTION REQUIRED THAT PUBLIC LAND BE SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS & A UNIVERSITY -1876 CONSTITUTION MANDATED A SYSTEM OF FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS correct answers OVER 1200 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MOST WITH TAXING AUTHORITY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (SBOE) correct answers -15 REGIONALLY ELECTED MEMBERS SERVING 4-YEAR DISTRICT TERMS -APPROVES CURRICULUM, TEXTBOOK LIST, EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION RULES, PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY correct answers CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ACCREDITING & RATING SCHOOLS, OVERSEEING TESTING, DISTRIBUTING FUNDING, MANAGING TEXTBOOK ADOPTION, EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, COMPLIANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ISSUES IN TEXAS correct answers -CHARTER SCHOOLS - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS CREATE A BOARD TO GOVERN THE SCHOOL -CANNOT TAX BUT CAN ISSUE BONDS SOME STATE FUNDING, SOME PRIVATE ISSUES OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS