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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a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.
The policy mix is the combination of a country's monetary policy and fiscal policy. These two channels influence features such as economic growth and employment, and are generally determined by the central bank and the government (e.g., the United States Congress ) respectively.
Equal economic opportunity, a robust social safety net, and strong labor unions have long been at the heart of Democratic economic policy. [9] The party favors a mixed economy [17] and generally supports a progressive tax system, higher minimum wages, Social Security, universal health care, public education, and subsidized housing. [9]
Texas 2036 is a nonpartisan public policy think tank founded by Dallas attorney Tom Luce. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings joined the organization in 2019 and served as president and CEO until 2023.
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (often called Simpson–Bowles or Bowles–Simpson from the names of co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles; or NCFRR) was a bipartisan Presidential Commission on deficit reduction, [1] created in 2010 by President Barack Obama to identify "policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and to achieve fiscal ...
The Texas College Savings Plan (formerly the Tomorrow's College Investment Plan). The former, The Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan , is a constitutionally guaranteed plan administered by the Board that allows individuals to prepay college tuition and required fees at Texas public two- and four-year colleges and universities at today’s cost.
The Texas Board of Education approved a new K-5 curriculum that allows Bible teachings in classrooms. The curriculum includes Biblical and Christian lessons about Moses, the story of the Good ...
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is an agency of the U.S. state of Texas's government that oversees all public post-secondary education in the state. It is headquartered at 1801 North Congress Avenue in Austin. [1] THECB determines which Texas public four-year universities are permitted to start or continue degree programs.