POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 33 Outline of Last Lecture I. Obama’s Immigration PolicyII. Texas Public EducationOutline of Current Lecture I. Education Court CasesA. Brown vs Board of Education B. San Antonio ISD vs Board of EducationC. Edgewood ISD vs Kirby- (Robin Hood Funding)II. Education ReformsA. Education Reform in 1980’sB. Education Reform in 1990’sC. After ReformsIII. Poverty in TexasIV. Welfare PolicyA. MedicaidB. TANFC. MedicareD. ObamacareV. Water PolicyCurrent Lecturel.Texas has 1,265 school districts and 374 districts that are considered wealthy, when in the beginning it was just 30.A. The Texas Constitution called for segregation. Black students had fewer school days and 1/3rd less funding than white students. In 1957 Brown vs Board of Education passed, desegregating schools.B. San Antonio ISD vs Rodriguez addressed equity in public school funding. C. Edgewood ISD vs Kirby in 1989 declares the existing funding system in violation of the state constitution. Robin Hood funding emerged because of this case, which was where property wealth districts share their local tax revenue with poor districts.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.ll.A. In the 1980’s they selected a committee on Public Education and centralized state control over public education. Ross Perot, a rich businessman, created No Pass, No Play. If football players didn’t pass their classes then they couldn’t play football.B. In the 1990’s students in low-performing schools had some ability to move out of them if they could find better schools and if those schools would take them. Governor Bush led the effort and created NCLB (No Child Left Behind).C. After reforms dropout rates seemed to decline but only because of how they measured it. Texas starts counting how many people dropout from 10th grade, but most other states count from 8th grade or even 7th grade. Scores on standardized tests rose but there are still debates over how to test people and there were multiplebudget cuts to education.lll.18% of Texans are in poverty compared to the national average of 15%. An income of less than $11,170 is considered poor and 58% of poor households are employed.lV.Most major state welfare programs are cooperative, using federal matching funds.A. Medicaid is medical care for the poor, disabled, or need financial assistance. B. TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families) is welfare-income assistance, medical and social services. This gives people an income, child care, and social services. One mustbe near poverty and children must be in the household to receive care. This aid is limited to 36 months (3 years).C. Medicare is for the old, but doesn’t cover nursing homes. To get coverage over this they need Medicaid as well. Most doctors will not accept Medicare or Medicaid as a form of payment.D. Obamacare hasn’t been fully passed yet. To have this states need state health care exchanges and they need to expand Medicaid which is something Texas does not want to do. Texas is the state with the highest percentage of people uninsured. V.The Texas Water Development Board deals with water. Most of our water goes to irrigation. Water consumption is to increase 82% in the next 50 years. Proposition 6 passed and now $2 billion will be spent on water projects. Oklahoma won’t sell water to Texas and East Texas won’t build dams for North
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