| Math and Science Reform Agenda |
November 02, 2007 |
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For two years, researchers at the Foundation have examined the math and science skills deficit in Texas public schools and published several papers including a best practices research paper. This math and science reform agenda is a compilation of our findings and policy recommendations and can be used by state lawmakers, policymakers, superintendents, principals, and parents. School districts have the authority to implement many of the recommendations at the local level, without requiring legislative action. |
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| Putting Taxpayers in Charge of Their Tax Bills |
July 25, 2007 |
| How Local Government Expenditure Limits Could Help Reduce Property Taxes |
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This study examines six Texas cities, providing evidence that local property taxes could be much lower if local goverments controlled spending using a tax and expenditure limit based on population growth plus inflation. |
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| 80th Texas Legislature in Review |
June 14, 2007 |
| Center for Education Policy |
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A review of the 80th Texas Legislature’s work on school choice, teacher quality and certification, testing and accountability, financial transparency, and pre-K in Texas. |
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| The Texas Budget |
April 24, 2007 |
| House vs. Senate |
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When looking at growth in the state's budget as accurately as possible--by comparing the previous budget to the current one--both the House and Senate versions of the 2008-09 budget grow faster than population growth and inflation, with the Senate being a little more generous than the House.
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| Taxes and Fees on Telecommunications Services in Texas |
April 19, 2007 |
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This report underscores the high telecommunications tax burden shouldered by Texas consumers and how important it is that the Legislature cut taxes on telecommunications services this session. |
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| House Appropriations Committee's Budget |
March 27, 2007 |
| Facts to Be Considered |
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It is inaccurate for anyone to claim that state spending in the House budget is failing to keep pace with population growth and inflation. In fact, even after accounting for the correction of past deferrals, state spending in HB 1 is increasing faster than estimated population growth and inflation. Spending in all areas other than public education is increasing by over 13 percent, five percentage points higher than inflation and population growth are prognosticated to be.
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| Problems With Dedicating Sales Taxes From Sporting Goods |
March 21, 2007 |
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Dedicating a portion of the sales tax--the state's largest general tax--is not good fiscal policy. It would reduce the amount of funds subject to an already weak state expenditure limit in addition to other problems.
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| Demanding Performance II |
September 20, 2006 |
| Outcome and Efficiency Measures |
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Performance budgeting should be more than a slogan or a format. It should be real. Government should provide a return on the dollars it spends, not just in government jobs or for direct recipients of funds, but for everyone in general. |
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| An Examination Of Texas' Economic State |
October 05, 2005 |
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In this report, economists Stephen Moore, Arthur Laffer, and Donna Arduin describe the many factors that determine a state's economic outlook. Fully a quarter of a state's economic future is in the hands of its policymakers through their fiscal and regulatory policies. The authors rank Texas' economic future according to their own State Competitive Environment Model and provide five policy recommendations that would boost Texas' economic outlook from good to rosy. |
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