Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2009-2010, District Supplement (open access)

Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2009-2010, District Supplement

This supplement to the annual Texas Education Agency report on graduation, completion, and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools provides annual dropout rates by county for the 2009-10 school year and longitudinal graduation, completion, and dropout rates by county for the class of 2010.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Research and Evaluation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2009-2010 (open access)

Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2009-2010

This supplement to the annual Texas Education Agency report on graduation, completion, and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools provides annual dropout rates by county for the 2009-10 school year and longitudinal graduation, completion, and dropout rates by county for the class of 2010.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Research and Evaluation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2009-2010, County Supplement (open access)

Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2009-2010, County Supplement

This supplement to the annual Texas Education Agency report on graduation, completion, and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools provides annual dropout rates by county for the 2009-10 school year and longitudinal graduation, completion, and dropout rates by county for the class of 2010.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Research and Evaluation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of Statistical Models to Forecast Crossing Times of Commercial Vehicles (open access)

Development of Statistical Models to Forecast Crossing Times of Commercial Vehicles

In this report statistical models were developed to predict crossing times of trucks over a short range of time. The statistical prediction models use historic data and take into account empirical relationships between border-crossing-related parameters and truck crossing times.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Kang, Dong Hun; Ochoa, Cesar; Rajbhandari, Rajat & Garcia, Francisco
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Highway Safety Plan, 2001 (open access)

Texas Highway Safety Plan, 2001

Report containing budgets, traffic related safety plans, and plans to educate the public on such things as drug and alcohol awareness.
Date: July 2000
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 33, Number 4, July-August 2008 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 33, Number 4, July-August 2008

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2004 (open access)

Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2004

Annual report compiling information about required groundwater monitoring activities and cases of contamination by state-regulated activities during the 2005 calendar year. Includes tables with the enforcement status of each case of contamination.
Date: July 2005
Creator: Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Medallion, Volume 48, Number 7-8, July/August 2011 (open access)

The Medallion, Volume 48, Number 7-8, July/August 2011

Bi-monthly publication of the Texas Historical Commission containing articles about historic sites, events, and conservation in Texas, as well as organizational and related news.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 31, Number 5, June - July 2006 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 31, Number 5, June - July 2006

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 32, Number 6, July 2007 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 32, Number 6, July 2007

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 30, Number 4, July 2005 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 30, Number 4, July 2005

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: July 2005
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of guidelines for triple left and dual right-turn lanes :  technical report (open access)

Development of guidelines for triple left and dual right-turn lanes : technical report

Report regarding the development of geometric and signal design guidelines for triple left-turn lanes and dual right-turn lanes and then evaluatues the safety of such sites in Texas.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Cooner, Scott A.; Ranft, Stephen E.; Rathod, Yatin K.; Qi, Yi; Yu, Lei; Wang, Yubian et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 82, Number 6, July 20, 2011 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 82, Number 6, July 20, 2011

"In this report ten more proposed amendments will be submitted for voter approval at the general election on Tuesday, November 8, 2011."
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reel Lines, Issue Number 30, July 2011 (open access)

Reel Lines, Issue Number 30, July 2011

Newsletter discussing fishing in Texas and educational programs offered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department. Angler Education Program.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of the Texas Revenue Estimator and Needs Determination System (T.R.E.N.D.S.) model :  FY 2010 activities (open access)

Development of the Texas Revenue Estimator and Needs Determination System (T.R.E.N.D.S.) model : FY 2010 activities

Report that recaps the continued development of the Texas Revenue Estimator and Needs Determination System model.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Ellis, David; Glover, Brianne; Norboge, Nicolas & Zhi, Yuan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
TEXNET Electronic Funds Transfer, July 2011 (open access)

TEXNET Electronic Funds Transfer, July 2011

Booklet explaining the use of TEXNET for Texas tax payments via electronic funds transfer.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children With Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, July 2012 (open access)

Children With Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, July 2012

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: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamesa Independent School District, July 2011 (open access)

Lamesa Independent School District, July 2011

This document provides recommendations by the Texas Legislative Budget Board for the "Lamesa Independent School District's education, financial, and operational functions." The recommendations are provided to "improve the school district's service to students, staff, and community members." "The report also highlights model practices and programs provided by Lamesa ISD."
Date: July 15, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of new Texas charter schools: final report (open access)

Evaluation of new Texas charter schools: final report

This document "examines how new charter school operators plan and implement their programs and considers the following research questions: 1. How are federal Charter School Program (CSP) funds used to implement new charter school programs? 2. What processes and practices guide the planning of new charter schools? 3. What processes and practices guide the implementation of new charter school programs? 4. How effective are new charter schools at designing and implementing successful educational programs? 5. What is the effect of charter school maturity on students' academic outcomes? 6. How do students at new charter schools perform academically relative to comparable students at traditional district schools?"
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Center for Educational Research
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous flow seawater RO system for recovery of silica-saturated RO concentrate (open access)

Continuous flow seawater RO system for recovery of silica-saturated RO concentrate

"The scope of work for this project included four major tasks. Task 1 required designing and building a continuous-flow seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) concentrate recovery system in the form of a small, pilot system. Task 2 involved operating the SWRO system and analyzing water samples at various recoveries (beginning at 70 %), and raising the recovery in approximately 5% increments until membrane fouling occurred. Task 3 included analyzing the data and evaluating system performance and cost effectiveness. Finally, Task 4 called for preparing quarterly, draft and final reports to the funding agencies."
Date: July 2011
Creator: Tarquin, Anthony J.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Students Training for Academic Readiness (STAR): year five evaluation report (open access)

Students Training for Academic Readiness (STAR): year five evaluation report

"The findings presented in this report make up the fifth year evaluation of the state's GEAR UP/STAR project. The evaluation is limited to the GEAR UP state grant (i.e., STAR) and does not include GEAR UP partnership grants awarded to other entities in Texas. The evaluation employs a mixed-methods research design that combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyses. Data sources include interviews with district and campus-level administrators, core subjects areas teachers, counselors, and STAR coordinators; surveys of students, parents, teachers, librarians, and counselors; observations in STAR classrooms; and demographic and performance data collected through the Texas Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS)."
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas Center for Educational Research
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure of Wate-Management Units Subject to TRRP (open access)

Closure of Wate-Management Units Subject to TRRP

"This document expands upon the discussion of closure in TRRP Applicability and Grandfathering (TCEQ publication no. RG-366/TRRP-2), discussing its administrative and regulatory aspects, with emphasis on the categories of waste-management units that can be subject to the Texas Risk Reduction Program rule, 30 TAC 350, at time of closure."
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure of Waste-Management Units Subject to TRRP (open access)

Closure of Waste-Management Units Subject to TRRP

"This document expand upon the discussion of closure in TRRP Applicability and Grandfathering (TCEQ publication no. RG-366/TRRP-2), discussing its administrative and regulatory aspects, with emphasis on the categories of waste-management units that can be subject to the Texas Risk Reduction Program rule, 300 TAC 350, at time of closure. This document does not apply to underground or above-ground storage tanks regulated by 30 TAC 334."
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 07-12, July 2012 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 07-12, July 2012

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History