UH GOVT 2306 Module 4 Terms

Terms for module 4 GOVT 2306 - UH


TX - Chapter 11 - Public Finance 

- budget
- biennial budget
- general appropriations bill
- "balanced budget"
- All Funds
- General Revenue Funds
- General Revenue - Dedicated Funds
- Federal Funds
- Other Funds
- Fiscal Size-Up
- Spending
- Revenue
- low service, low tax
- taxes
- income tax
- state sales taxes - general and specific
- local sales taxes
- property taxes
- tax burden
- oil severance tax
- progressive tax
- regressive tax
- matching funds
- permanent school fund
- available school fund
- state highway fund
- economic stabilization fund
- permanent university fund
- higher education fund
- national research university fund
- budget cycle
- pay as you go
- limits on growth of certain appropriations
- welfare spending limit
- limitation on debt payable from the general revenue fund
- budget execution authority
- budgetary process
- dual budget
- governor's office of budget, planning, and policy
- legislative budget board
- comptroller of public accounts
- revenue estimate
- House Appropriations Committee
- Senate Finance Committee
- budget certification
- state auditor's office


TX - Chapter 12 - Public Policy

- public policy
- policy making process
- problem identification
- policy formation 
- implementation
- evaluation
- rationality
- education policy
- public education
- Gilmer - Aikin Laws
- Desegregation
- equal protection clause
- equity in funding
- San Antonio v Rodriquez
- Edgewood ISD v Kirby
- vouchers
- charter schools
- increased funding
- welfare policy
- poverty in Texas
- New Deal
- Medicaid
- Supplemental Security Income
- AFDC
- TANF
- dependency
- Health Care Policy
- Medicaid Participation
- Medicaid Administration
- Medicaid Financing
- Abortion Policy in Texas
- Affordable Care Act
- Health Insurance


TX - Chapter 13 - Crime, Correlations, and Public Safety

- crime
- criminal justice
- policing in Texas
- police departments
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
- licensing
- use of support
- Sandra Bland Act
- Categorizing Crime in Texas
- felony
- misdemeanors
- punishment
- probation
- parole
- three strikes provision
- arraignment
- bail
- bail reform
- grand jury
- pretrial hearings
- plea bargaining
- trial 
- sentencing
- reform
- marijuana laws
- county attorney
- district attorney
- assigned counsel
- public defender
- prisons
- incarceration rate
- death penalty
- self defense
- concealed weapons
- open carry
- fairness
- reforms


TX - Chapter 14 - Building the Future: Public Policies for a Changing Texas

- immigration
- legal
- illegal
- border security
- transportation policy
- roads
- highways
- centerline miles
- lane miles
- vehicle miles traveled
- funding
- toll roads
- bullet train
- public transit
- naturalized citizens
- Texas Dream Act
- sanctuary cities
- Senate Bill 4
- DACA
- Higher Education Policy
- Permanent University Fund
- university systems
- THECB
- finance
- tuition and fees
- special items
- HEF
- 60x30TX
- Water Policy
- surface water
- groundwater
- Water Law
- law of capture