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Texas Government 2306 Hicks-FinalExam Questions and Answers
Why must the budget in Texas be balanced? - Answers -The state constitution
demands it to be, it is unconstitutional for it not to be
Article 3, Section 49a (pay-as-you-go limit),
What areas in the state budget are impacted the most by federal expenditures? -
Answers -Healthcare and human services, education
Know the reputation Texas has in terms of spending - Answers -Low service, low tax
state
-seeks to maintain a favorable environment for business.
Know how Texas get its revenue - Answers --Sales taxes
- severance taxes on oil and natural gas produced in the state
- licensing income
-interest and dividends
- federal aid
Describe how the money in the budget is organized into specific funds - Answers -
General revenues fund:the state's primary operating fund; Includes
- the Available School Fund,
- the State Instructional Materials Fund
-and the Foundation School Fund
General Revenue-Dedicated Funds:is a subset of the General Revenue Fund
-State Parks Account and the college operating accounts (which hold tuition funds).
- legislature can appropriate money from these accounts ONLY for their dedicated
purposes.
-the balances in this budget are used to certify that the constitutional pay-as-you-go
limits (discussed below) are being met.
Federal Funds :includes all grants, payments, and reimbursements received from the
federal government by state agencies and institutions, including those from the
Medicaid program, Title 1 Grants to Local Educational Agencies, transportation grants,
and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Other funds budget:consists of all other funds flowing into the state treasury that are not
included in the other methods of financing.
-State Highway Fund
, -the Texas Mobility Fund
- the Property Tax Relief Fund
- the Economic Stabilization Fund.
All funds budget: is the aggregate of all these ways of financing government and refers
to all revenue that goes through agencies, including federal and state programs.
What provisions in the state constitution affect the budget? - Answers --limitation on
how much money we can spend above our debt
-pay as you go limit
Know the major steps and players in making the budget - Answers -Two parts:
1. Governor- chief planning officer, budget bills can be line item vetoed. LBB Legislative
budget board State agencies requesting money
2. Submit to legislature. Ran like a bill being passedLegislature gives out funds
Know and analyze the budget crisis in Texas - Answers -Came from great recession
and property tax reform-Came to a budget short fall, a lot less money came in than was
expected-Gov considered using rainy day funds but did not
Know the major issues that have shaped education policy in Texas, including the
Gilmer-Aiken Laws and possible reforms to the quality of education in the state -
Answers -Plans to fix our education system in the 1940s-present-Longer school terms,
"no pass, no play", high stakes testing, funding, increasing charter schools
Know the history of reforms to the welfare system - Answers -The origins of modern
welfare policy lie in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.
-Programs given to the state from the national government
-Created limit caps to make sure it is not a burden on the state
-Created to save money, limit fraud
-to run the state's various public assistance programs.
-changed to the Department of Health and Human Services in 2003
Know what Medicaid is - Answers -Federally and state funded but federally ran medical
program-For poorer people who can not afford medical insurance
Know what managed care programs are - Answers -Intermediaries which negotiate w
health carriers to get best deals for people
Know the affect the Affordable Care act had on Texas - Answers -Makes health care
cheaper and more available to people
The long-term effect of the ACA for Texas would be a budgetary one. Increased
expenditures on Medicaid and health care in Texas are all but inevitable.
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