​Which of These Is Not True of Education in Texas

question 22

Multiple Choice

​Which of these is not true of education in Texas?

• A)Local Independent School Boards hire teachers, build school buildings, and make judgments about allocations of resources in their own local areas.
• B)The state of Texas has a State Board of Education that makes broad decisions about what is required to gain an education in Texas and to graduate from a Texas high school.
• C)The single largest area of the state budget is education.
• D)​Local governments in Texas pay for the largest share of the costs of education in the state.
• E)Spending large amounts of funds at the state and local levels has resulted in Texas having one of the best-funded education systems in the country.

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