Monday, November 13, 2023

ACC GOVT 2305: 
- - Chapter Ten: Public Opinion
- - Chapter Five: Civil Rights
- - Chapter Fifteen: Economic Policy
- - Chapter Sixteen: Social Policy
- - Chapter Seventeen: Foreign Policy

ACC GOVT 2306: 
- - Chapter Eleven: Criminal Justice.
- - Chapter Twelve: Local Government.
- - Chapter Fourteen: Public Policy in Texas.


UH GOVT 2306 

Chapter 12

CPS
Policy Making Process
Rationality
Education Policy
public schools
Gilmer – Aikin Laws
TEA
Desegregation
Equal Protection Clause
San Antonio v Rodriquez
Welfare Policy
poverty
poverty line
THHS
TANF
SNAP
New Deal
Medicaid
SSI
AFDC
Health Care Policy
health insurance
CHIP
abortion policy
Affordable Care Act

Public Finance

Revenue
State revenue by source
State tax revenue sources
income tax
wealth tax
progressive
regressive
Texas tax system
matching funds
state funds
general revenue funds
permanent school funds
available school funds
state highway funds
economic stabilization fund
permanent university fund
higher education fund
national research university fund
biennial budget cycle
pay as you go limit
appropriations
limits on growth of certain appropriations
welfare spending limit
limits on debt payable from GRF
players in the budgetary process
state auditors office
public finance

Crime Corrections and Public Safety

policing
police departments
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
use of force
Sandra Bland Act
categorizing crime
felonies
misdemeanors
probation
three strikes
criminal justice process
arraignment
bail
bail reform
grand jury
indictment
pre trial hearings
plea bargains
trials
sentences
marijuana laws
district attorneys
county attorneys
criminal defense
assigned counsel
public defender
prisons
corrections
prison population
TDCJ
SAFPF
population by offense
death penalty
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
clemency
self defense
open carry
fairness
Michael Morton
drug treatment programs
prison construction

Public Policies for a Changing Texas

Transportation
roads
highways
centerline miles
lane miles
vehicle miles traveled
funding
gas tax
toll roads
bullet train
public transit
demographic change
Texas’ immigrants
naturalized citizens
Texas Dream Act
labor force
immigration policy in Texas
sanctuary cities
SB 4 – 2017 (85)
DACA
Border Security
higher education policy
permanent university fund
university systems
THECB
tuition and fees
special items
Higher Education Fund
60X30TX
water policy
water law in Texas
water rights adjudication act
law of capture
planning authorities
TWDB
State Water Plan
EAA v Burrell Day
Texas Water Code