"FAFSA" is a familiar acronym which stands for these words
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
100
6.1 million Texans were in 2011, 23.8% of all ages (worst in the nation!)
What is uninsured
100
Children are three times more likely to emerge from poverty as adults if they do.
What is "complete college"?
100
3.5 million Texans receive them to eat
What are food stamps?
100
Only 2% of funding support for public education comes from this category. I would have bet it was more...
What is the state lottery?
200
On the rise from 2007 to 2010, this has been slowing lately in Texas, resulting in fewer new horns, ags, raiders, etc.
What is college enrollment?
200
Confusing the final two letters of this federal program gets another program entirely that we don't care for in this question.
What is Medicaid?
200
The Texas median earnings for this type of graduate was $26,508 in 2009.
What is high school?
200
One out of this many Texas families struggles to afford food, the second highest rate in the nation
What is "5"?
200
The HB 72 state legislation of 1972 implemented a teacher
career ladder, established a 22-1 student/teacher ratio, and instituted this well-known rule that encourages athletes to keep their grades up if they want to shine on the field.
What is "No Pass, No Play"?
300
By 2018, 56% of jobs will require additional training and education beyond this degree level
What is high school?
300
Texas hospitals spend in excess of $5 billion in a single year for this type of care. Nearly all of this cost is supported by local property tax dollars.
What is uncompensated care?
300
The Texas median earnings for holders of this degree was $47,482 in 2009.
What is a bachelor's degree?
300
Higher rates of illness, stunting, and higher infant mortality rates are cause by this condition in children.
What is hunger?
300
These schools, having public and private school characteristics, are not eligible for the PEG (public education grant) where a student is able to attend another school in their district if their current school is failing to meet certain academic benchmarks.
What are charter schools?
400
As of September 2012, Texas' was at 6.8%
What is the unemployment rate?
400
4.46 million uninsured Texans are also this. Whomever attributes the problem to immigration is plain wrong.
What is a US Citizen?
400
Children with these are seven times more likely to attend a 4-year college than youth without them.
What is a college savings account?
400
The Center for American Progress estimates that our nation spends $167.5 billion annually ($542 per citizen) combating this issue.
What is hunger?
400
Recapture, otherwise known as this rule/effect, refers to the mandate that districts with property wealth per student above a certain level must give the state locally collected property tax revenue for redistribution through state aid formulas.
What is the Robin Hood rule?
500
Comparing the 2010-11 school year to the 2012-13 year, state funding towards these institutions dropped from $4.70 billion to $4.10 billion. You've been 4 warned...
What are 4-Year General Academic institutions?
500
Texas experts estimate that even moderate enrollment growth in private and public heath care coverage under this congressional act would cut Texas' uninsured number and rate in half.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
500
Only 6% of college-enrolled Texans come from families making less than this salary--twenty five hundred score.
What is $50,000?
500
At 81.2%, Texas trails the U.S average 85.5% of households that are classified as this, which reflects their ability to provide food for themselves throughout the year.
What is "food-secure"?
500
This independent school district in San Antonio has historically been the most active in challenging state legislation regarding public school financing.