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Hobby Center for the Performing Arts In 2013 Texas passed legislation that requires employees of child-care facilities to have certain vaccinations unless the employee objects for reasons of conscience. Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines by citing medical reasons since 1972 Further Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines on the basis of religious belief since 2003. . . From 1950 through the 1960s Texas modernized and dramatically expanded its system of higher education Under the leadership of Governor Connally the state produced a long-range plan for higher education a more rational distribution of resources and a central state apparatus that managed state institutions with greater efficiency Because of these changes Texas universities received federal funds for research and development during the John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson administrations.

Richard Linklater film-maker Huntsville Walker County, 4.5 State government 218 Kinder Morgan 132 Gina Calanni Democratic 2018 West Harris County (including Greater Katy area); . Culturally Southeast Texas is more closely akin to the Gulf Coast Louisiana or even Mississippi than it is to West Texas Much of modern Southeast Texas culture has its roots in traditions that go back for generations Southeast Texas is consistent with much of the rest of rural Texas in that it is a part of the Bible Belt an area in which many inhabitants have strongly Fundamentalist Christian beliefs Many of the largest cities in East Texas outside Houston still follow a rural Southern way of life especially in dialect mannerisms religion and cuisine, The University Interscholastic League (UIL) organizes most primary and secondary school competitions Events organized by UIL include contests in athletics (the most popular being high school football) as well as artistic and academic subjects. 29 CenterPoint Energy 279 Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim founder of Pilgrim's Pride Chicken Pittsburg Camp County, Houston Texas Business Directory, Concerts One of Houston's most recent downtown landmarks is Discovery Green a large public park designed by Page Southerland Page with Hargreaves Associates; 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. . . .