GOVT 2306 Chap 12 – Flashcards
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After the 1996 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was passed, the number of people on welfare declined and the number of people moving from welfare to employment increased. New questions, however, are arising today because
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these improvements were made under a booming economy in the 1990s and the labor market has since tightened
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Which of the following was NOT one of the standardized tests used in Texas schools to assess student learning?
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Texas Learning Evaluation and Assessment Program (T-LEAP)
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In 2005, the Texas Supreme Court declared that the school system was being financed by an unconstitutional state property tax. What did the legislature do to remedy the situation? .
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It cut property taxes by a third and replaced lost revenues with money raised statewide by an expanded business tax and a new $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes
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Where does the majority of water used in Texas come from?
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aquifers
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In 2012, a Gallup survey found that for the fourth consecutive year, Texas led the nation in the percentage of its population that lacked health care insurance. What percentage of Texans did not have health insurance?
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27.6 percent
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When policy makers seek solutions to problems that are merely satisfactory, but may not be efficient or the best option available, they are exhibiting
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bounded rationality.
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In Texas today, a majority of Medicaid recipients were
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children.
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What was the main consequence of the Water Rights Adjudication Act?
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The ability of the state to control and manage surface water was greatly increased.
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Managed care programs in Texas Medicaid have become an essential part of
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cost containment measures.
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Today, what is Texas's primary water-planning and -financing agency?
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Texas Water Development Board
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The "individual mandate" within the Affordable Care Act states that
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individuals must obtain health insurance or pay a penalty.
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There are multiple stages in the policy-making process. Which of the following is NOT one of these stages?
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policy testing
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In the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education, schools districts were ordered to desegregate their school systems "with all deliberate speed." In Texas,
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school districts eventually complied in the 1960s, but de facto segregation remained a problem.
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The result of the education reforms instituted in the 1980s and 1990s has been
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mixed results; while dropout rates and scores on the state's standardized states have improved, measures such as spending on education, high school graduation rates, and average SAT scores remain below the national average.
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Public education in Texas was mostly a local affair until 1949, when the state legislature passed the
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Gilmer-Aikin Laws
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The Texas legislature established the Select Committee on Public Education (SCOPE) in 1983 in order to decide how to
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evaluate public education in Texas and pay for raises for teachers.
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After the Affordable Care Act encouraged states to expand their Medicaid programs, with financial support from the federal government, Governor Perry announced that
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Texas would not participate in this Medicaid expansion.
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After the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program was passed, the number of people on welfare
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declined.
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Desegregation of Texas schools
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occurred in the 1960s, though de facto segregation, especially in urban areas with large minority populations, remained a problem.
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During the ___________ stage of making public policy, strategies for dealing with specifically defined problems are created.
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policy formulation
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Education reforms instituted in the 1980s and 1990s
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have been mixed, with improvements in dropout rates and scores on the state's assessment text, but below-national-average performance in graduation rates and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores.
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In the case of Edgewood ISD v. Kirby, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that
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glaring disparities in the funding system for rich and poor school districts violated the Texas constitution.
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Medicaid expenses in Texas
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are increasing and threaten to overwhelm the state budget.
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People who advocate greater use of vouchers and charter schools argue that these would give
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parents greater flexibility and choice regarding their children's education, particularly where public schools had been performing poorly.
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The "no pass, no play" rule, which keeps students who fail a course from participating in extracurricular activities such as sports, was implemented
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in the 1980s, at the recommendation of the State Committee on Public Education (SCOPE), chaired by businessman Ross Perot.
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The Children's Health Insurance Program
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provides coverage for children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid.
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The act that merged various water-rights doctrines into a unified water permit system, expanding the ability of the state to control and manage surface water, was the
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Water Rights Adjudication Act.
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The federal block grant program for welfare was
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created in the 1990s and called the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
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The percentage of Texas residents with health insurance is
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lower than in any other state
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The political impact of the Texas Supreme Court's ruling in Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
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created a political firestorm that swept through Texas politics throughout the early 1990s
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The poverty rate for children under 18 in Texas is __________, while it is __________ in the United States as a whole.
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24.8 percent; 20.8 percent
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Water consumption is expected to __________ over the next half-century; existing water supplies are expected to __________.
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increase by 82 percent; decrease by 10 percent
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What effect has economic growth in Texas had on the state's poverty rates?
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surprisingly little
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When we talk about __________ in the context of public policy, we mean that we have clearly identified goals, and we seek to meet those goals in the most efficient manner possible.
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rationality
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Which sector in Texas uses the most water?
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irrigation
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While a majority of the Medicaid population is __________, a majority of the funds are spent on __________.
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children; the elderly and people with disabilities disabled
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