______________ refers to the outputs of governmental institutions
What is public policy?
100
In _________________ the Court ruled that state-imposed segregation in schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
___________ provides for the health care of poor people.
What is Medicaid?
100
_____________ is the most prison-prone group in Texas.
What is males, age 20–29?
100
___________ has led the nation in the number of executions and incarcerations.
What is Texas?
200
___________, ___________, ____________, ____________ are the steps in the policy making process.
What is Problem Identification, Policy Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation?
200
The _________ required districts to adopt policies that would protect religious speech on campus.
What is the Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act?
200
The _______________ requires individuals to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
200
During the __________ process,charges are explained and due process rights are reviewed
What is arraignment?
200
In ______________ the court concluded that inmates’ constitutional rights had been violated
What is Ruiz v. Estelle?
300
Texas adopted the ____________ to achieve equitable funding.
What is the Robin Hood plan?
300
The plaintiff in San Antonio v. Rodríguez used the _______________ in the Fourteenth Amendment to argue its case.
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
300
Medicaid is administered through the _______________.
What is Texas Health and Human Services Commission?
300
A _________ is a serious criminal offense that subjects a person fine or imprisonment.
What is felony?
300
The Texas prison system is operated by ___________.
What is the Department of Criminal Justice?
400
While public policy generally remains a state and local government responsibility, the national government comes into play through:
What is the contribution of funds?
400
The ___________ supplemented local funding of education with public monies, raised teachers’ salaries, and mandated a min. length for the school year.
What are the Gilmer-Aikin Laws?
400
___________ administered and determined the benefit levels for these programs
What is the states?
400
A _________ provision allows persons convicted of three felonies to be sentenced to life imprisonment
What is “three strikes”?
400
____________ is a suspension of the prison sentence and community supervision while ___________ is release after serving some prison time.
What is probation; parole?
500
Bringing more efficiency into the Medicaid program by expanding managed care initiatives, instituting cost controls and cutbacks to providers are all ways to ___________.
What is cut costs?
500
_________________ asked whether funding public schools through local property taxes fulfilled the Texas State Constitution’s provisions.
What is Edgewood ISD v. Kirby?
500
A major issue of contention in health care for women involved _______________ in 2012.
What is the state's funding of Planned Parenthood?
500
The Department of Criminal Justice is presided over by __________.
What is a nine-member board appointed by the governor?
500
In Texas ______________ prisoners is imprisoned for drugs