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Texas Skill Standards Board Briefing Materials: May 5, 2015 (open access)

Texas Skill Standards Board Briefing Materials: May 5, 2015

Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Skill Standards Board (TSSB) held May 5, 2015 at the State Insurance Building in Austin, Texas. The materials include an agenda for the meeting -- which lists digital game and simulation programming, fiscal year 2015 Perkins Skill Standards-Based Curriculum Development projects, program recognition renewal update, legislative updates and skill standards system futures, and a presentation by the Office of the Governor -- and supplemental materials to provide additional information.
Date: April 28, 2015
Creator: Texas Skill Standards Board
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 20, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 20, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents in district 69 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on updates on HB 3413 Bed and Banks General Permit, HB 40, and HB (Open Carry) Passes.
Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 04-15, April 2015 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 04-15, April 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information included covers credit union financial trends, credit union rankings, and annual survey deadlines.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 13, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 13, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the debate of which taxes to cut, and an update on House Bill 1042.
Date: April 13, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 6, 2015 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 6, 2015

Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on an update on the proposed House budget.
Date: April 6, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Active Military Licenses (open access)

Active Military Licenses

Information sheet on Texas resident active duty military free hunting and fishing licenses.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advocate: Volume 20, Issue 2, April - June 2015 (open access)

The Advocate: Volume 20, Issue 2, April - June 2015

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Answers to Common Questions: TCEQ Toxicity Factors and Protection of Human Health (open access)

Answers to Common Questions: TCEQ Toxicity Factors and Protection of Human Health

Document answering frequently asked questions about toxicity factors and human health.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birds of Balmorhea State Park: A Field Checklist (open access)

Birds of Balmorhea State Park: A Field Checklist

Pamphlet with a field checklist for birds at Balmorhea State Park.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birds of Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern State Parks: A Field Checklist (open access)

Birds of Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern State Parks: A Field Checklist

A checklist of different bird species that live in and around Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern State Parks.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birds of Lake Corpus Christi State Park: A Field Checklist (open access)

Birds of Lake Corpus Christi State Park: A Field Checklist

Checklist and guide for seeing different bird species that live around Lake Corpus Christi State Park.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birds of Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway: A Field Checklist (open access)

Birds of Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway: A Field Checklist

This is a checklist of bird species found at the Lake Mineral Wells State Park.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Briefing, April 2015 (open access)

The Briefing, April 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement describing news, events, and activities of the Commission, as well as updates about changes to laws or other information of interest to readers.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, April 2015 (open access)

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, April 2015

Bilingual newsletter from the Texas Department of State Health Services providing information on health care for children with special needs, including resources for medical help and community services.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: First Quarter 2015 (open access)

City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: First Quarter 2015

Quarterly report outlining tax revenues and remittances for alcoholic beverages, listed by city for January-March 2015. It also compares the statistics to the same period for the previous year.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Connections, Volume 1, Number 3, April 2015 (open access)

Connections, Volume 1, Number 3, April 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to 9-1-1 services and other emergency communication within Texas.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Commission on State Emergency Communications.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
CR News, Volume 20, Number 2, April-June 2015 (open access)

CR News, Volume 20, Number 2, April-June 2015

Quarterly newsletter of the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to crime records and other safety issue within Texas.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Crime Records Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Direct Potable Reuse Resource Document, Final Report: Volume 1 (open access)

Direct Potable Reuse Resource Document, Final Report: Volume 1

Report on direct potable resuse of water that addresses common chemicals found in water, treatment methods, and standards for potability.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Direct Potable Reuse Resource Document, Final Report, Volume 2 (open access)

Direct Potable Reuse Resource Document, Final Report, Volume 2

Appendix to report on on direct potable resuse of water that addresses common chemicals found in water, treatment methods, and standards for potability.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 3, April 2015 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 3, April 2015

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Design and Construction Issues of Thin HMA Overlays (open access)

Evaluation of Design and Construction Issues of Thin HMA Overlays

This is a report to address issues from the implementation of thin HMA overlays in Texas. The report addresses the concerns of best practices to achieve adequate bonding and quality assurance test methods through laboratory and field testing.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Wilson, Bryan; Scullion, Tom & Faruk, Abu
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Existing SmartPhone Applications and Data Needs for Travel Survey (open access)

Evaluation of Existing SmartPhone Applications and Data Needs for Travel Survey

Report on existing smartphone applications and how the data needs of travel surveys could be met through the use of smartphone applications.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Huang, Yan & Wang, Qian
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eye on Nature, Spring 2015 (open access)

Eye on Nature, Spring 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Wildlife Division discussing news, events, programs, and other topics of interest related to wildlife management in Texas, and Texas Parks and Wildlife activities.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas. Wildlife Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hispanic Texans: Journey from Empire to Democracy (open access)

Hispanic Texans: Journey from Empire to Democracy

Booklet listing sites related to the history of the Hispanic community in Texas along with educational information about the context, such as chronologies and overviews of the topic. Each site has a brief description with location and contact information.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History