. 13 People in the service of Spain State government Houston TranStar Center Joe R Lansdale award-winning author and martial arts expert born in Gladewater Gregg County World War II Morris Sheppard born in Morris County. ; Awards and recognitions Texas population density map, 16 References The Spanish flag of Burgundy Houston Texas Business Directory Top publicly traded companies.
7 External links While American football has long been considered "king" in the state Texans enjoy a wide variety of sports. Surrender of the Axis armies A few professional sports teams are located in East Texas the East Texas Pump Jacks located in Kilgore play baseball in the Texas Collegiate League Additionally the East Texas Storm a semiprofessional football team located in Tyler competes in the Lone Star Minor League. Typically northern parts of East Texas tend to support the professional teams from the Dallas/Fort Worth area (Dallas Cowboys Dallas Mavericks Texas Rangers Dallas Stars) while southern parts of East Texas tend to support professional teams from the Houston area (Houston Texans Houston Rockets Houston Astros). The second president of the Republic of Texas Mirabeau B Lamar is the Father of Texas Education During his term the state set aside three leagues of land in each county for equipping public schools an additional 50 leagues of land set aside for the support of two universities would later become the basis of the state's Permanent University Fund. Lamar's actions set the foundation for a Texas-wide public school system. Between 2006 and 2007 Texas spent $7,275 per pupil ranking it below the national average of $9,389 the pupil/teacher ratio was 14.9 below the national average of 15.3 Texas paid instructors $41,744 below the national average of $46,593 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) administers the state's public school systems Texas has over 1,000 school districts; all districts except the Stafford Municipal School District are independent from municipal government and many cross city boundaries. School districts have the power to tax their residents and to assert eminent domain over privately owned property Due to court-mandated equitable school financing for school districts the state has a controversial tax redistribution system called the "Robin Hood plan" This plan transfers property tax revenue from wealthy school districts to poor ones the TEA has no authority over private or home school activities. Soviet civilians leaving destroyed houses after a German bombardment during the Battle of Leningrad 10 December 1942, Houston Ship Channel In 2010 there were 346,000 millionaires in Texas constituting the second-largest population of millionaires in the nation. .
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