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The Robin Hood Plan is a colloquialism given to a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
District 7 is a district in the Texas House of Representatives. It was created in the 3rd legislature (1849–1851). The district has been represented by Republican Jay Dean since January 10, 2017, upon his initial election to the Texas House.
They called the event "Remembering Our Past, Embracing Our Future." Richard B. McCaslin, a history professor at the University of North Texas, was scheduled as a speaker at the event. [26] He wrote Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas 1862 (1994), considered the "first comprehensive study" of this event. [17]
For many Texans, the history of the Republic of Texas is considered a time of independence and self-determination often in contrast to interference by the federal government in Washington. Texas requires a course in the state's history in the seventh grade where these ideas can also be found. [20] In the 1990s, Texas began to use the slogan "Texas.
[1] 1904 Post Office relocated to Irving from nearby Kit settlement. [2] First Baptist Church of Irving founded. [3] Irving Index newspaper begins publication (approximate date). [4] 1909 - Irving Independent School District established. [1] 1914 Town of Irving incorporated. [1] Otis Brown becomes mayor. [1] 1920 - Population: 357. [5] 1940 ...
The 7th Texas Legislature met from November 2, 1857, to February 16, 1858, in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1857.
Fountain was elected to the Texas State Senate and began pushing for his plan of county government ownership with community access. San Elizario's Spanish priest, Father Antonio Borrajo, opposed the plan and gained the support of Cardis. On December 7, 1870, Judge Gaylord J. Clarke, a supporter of Mills, was killed. Fountain and Cardis sparred ...