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[6] [7] [8] The mission of the agency is to "serve the public by acting ethically and efficiently in our administration of Virginia’s tax laws." [ 1 ] The agency is currently led by Craig M. Burns, who has served as Tax Commissioner since November 2010 [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
Texas: Permanent School Fund: 55.624 August 2022 [4] Commodity / petroleum: 3 Permanent University Fund: 31.763 August 2022 [5] 4 New Mexico: New Mexico State Investment Council Permanent Funds 31.000 December 2020 [6] Petroleum: 5 Wyoming: Wyoming Permanent/Endowment Funds 12.6: March 2017 [7] Minerals 6 North Dakota: North Dakota Legacy Fund ...
[11] [12] State education officials set an arbitrary limit of 8.5% for the number of students who could receive special education services. By strictly enforcing district compliance with the benchmark, the rate of students receiving special education in Texas fell to 8.5% in 2015, far below the national average of 13%. [12]
The Texas State Board of Education has approved the use of Bible-based lessons in public elementary schools. Officials voted 8-7 on the measure during a hearing in Austin on Friday. The new ...
Cities and counties (as well as other political entities) are permitted to enter "interlocal agreements" to share services (for instance, a city and a school district may enter into agreements with the county whereby the county bills for and collects property taxes for the city and school district; thus, only one tax bill is sent instead of three).
Property tax revenue from property-wealthy school districts is distributed to those in property-poor districts, in an effort to equalize the financing of all districts throughout Texas. Especially in the metropolitan areas, Texas also has numerous private schools of all types (non-sectarian, Catholic, and Protestant). The TEA has no authority ...
The Texas Permanent School Fund is a sovereign wealth fund which serves to provide revenues for funding of public primary and secondary education in the US state of Texas. [2] Its assets include many publicly owned lands within Texas and various other investments; as of the end of fiscal 2020 (August 31), the fund had an endowment of $48.3 ...
The Virginia Department of Education is the state education agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It is headquartered in the James Monroe Building in Richmond. [1] The department is headed by the Secretary of Education (currently Aimee Guidera), who is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (currently Lisa Coons), a position that is also ...