House Bill 3 Student to Teacher Ratio Report (open access)

House Bill 3 Student to Teacher Ratio Report

This report describes report to the legislature based on the information collected from each school district that offers a prekindergarten program and each private entity that provides a prekindergarten program under contract with a school district for each prekindergarten class offered by the district or private entity.
Date: January 15, 2021
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 3, Pages 403-500, January 15, 2021 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 3, Pages 403-500, January 15, 2021

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 15, 2021
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 01-20, January 2020 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 01-20, January 2020

Monthly newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions. Information provided covers CDFI guarantee bond program, FFIEC announces cyber security assessments, and policies and procedures
Date: January 15, 2020
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the sustainment and modernization of the Coast Guard's polar icebreaker fleet. Coast Guard polar icebreakers perform a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's plans for sustaining and modernizing the polar icebreaking fleet.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents (open access)

Cybersecurity: Legislation, Hearings, and Executive Branch Documents

This report provides links to cybersecurity-related committee hearings in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses. It also provides a list of executive orders and presidential directives pertaining to information and computer security.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Issues and Current Proposals (open access)

A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Issues and Current Proposals

This report focuses on several proposals for a new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) specifically targeting the Islamic State made during the 113th and 114th Congresses. It includes a brief review of existing authorities and AUMFs, as well as a discussion of issues related to various provisions included in existing and proposed AUMFs that both authorize and limit presidential use of military force. Appendices provide a comparative analysis of similar provisions in new AUMFs proposed in the 113th and 114th Congresses. This report will be updated to reflect congressional activity.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Weed, Matthew C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: A Comparison of S. 1747, S. 2144, and H.R. 757 (open access)

North Korea: A Comparison of S. 1747, S. 2144, and H.R. 757

This report compares S. 1747, the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015, as introduced in the Senate by Senator Menendez on July 9, 2015; S. 2144, the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2015, introduced in the Senate by Senator Gardner on October 6, 2015; and H.R. 757, the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2015, introduced in the House by Representative Royce on February 5, 2015, and passed, as amended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, by the House on January 12, 2016, by a vote of 418-2.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Rennack, Dianne E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register: 2015 Annual Index, Index of Rules, Pages 127-176, and Index of Non-Rulemaking Notices, Pages 177-208, January 15, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register: 2015 Annual Index, Index of Rules, Pages 127-176, and Index of Non-Rulemaking Notices, Pages 177-208, January 15, 2016

This annual index includes both index of rules and Index of Non-Rulemaking Notices published January 1 - December 25, 2015. A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 3, Pages 547-672, January 15, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 3, Pages 547-672, January 15, 2016

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: February 15, 2016 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: February 15, 2016

Transcript of a public teleconference held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) on February 15, 2016. This meeting includes deliberations on recommendations for its final report to the President and Congress.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The MĂ©rida Initiative and Beyond (open access)

U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The MĂ©rida Initiative and Beyond

This report begins with a brief discussion of security challenges in Mexico and Mexico's security strategy. It then provides information on congressional funding and oversight of the MĂ©rida Initiative, with details about each of the program's four pillars. The report concludes by raising policy issues that Congress may wish to consider.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare & Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate

This report discusses the continued debate amongst congressional policymakers regarding telecommunications reform. A major point of the ongoing discussion is whether action is needed to ensure unfettered access to the Internet.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Gilroy, Angele A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program: Status and Issues (open access)

The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program: Status and Issues

This report discusses the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program by the Department of Energy (DOE). Furthermore, the report establishes the program as giving loans to businesses in the automotive industry to make new factories or redesign old ones to produce vehicles that achieve at least 25% higher fuel economy than vehicles from 2005. The report also covers the spending on the program and the requirements to receive a loan.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Canis, Bill & Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues (open access)

The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cybercrime: Conceptual Issues for Congress and U.S. Law Enforcement (open access)

Cybercrime: Conceptual Issues for Congress and U.S. Law Enforcement

This report discusses the concept of cybercrime and related cyber threats such as cyber espionage and cyber warfare, and questions whether--and under what circumstances--clear distinctions between the various threats should be delineated. It also outlines how current federal strategies may address cybercrime, including issues surrounding the measurement and tracking of cybercrime.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Finklea, Kristin & Theohary, Catherine A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Programs and Spending, FY2008-FY2013 (open access)

Federal Benefits and Services for People with Low Income: Programs and Spending, FY2008-FY2013

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Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Spar, Karen & Falk, Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief (open access)

The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief

This report discusses the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is the federal legislation that establishes the minumem hourly wage that ust be paid to all covered workers.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Bradley, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2015 (open access)

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2015

This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older lists and is intended primarily to provide a rough survey of past U.S. military ventures abroad, without reference to the magnitude of the given instance noted.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Torreon, Barbara Salazar
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Institutional Eligibility for Participation in Title IV Student Financial Aid Programs (open access)

Institutional Eligibility for Participation in Title IV Student Financial Aid Programs

This report describes the types of institutions eligible to participate in Title IV programs and discusses the program integrity triad.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Hegji, Alexandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qualifications of Members of Congress (open access)

Qualifications of Members of Congress

This report discusses the qualifications required to hold the office of U.S. Senator or Representative to Congress that are established and set out within the U.S. Constitution.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Maskell, Jack
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion (open access)

Tax Havens: International Tax Avoidance and Evasion

The first section of this report reviews what countries might be considered tax havens, including a discussion of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) initiatives and lists. The next two sections discuss, in turn, the corporate profit-shifting mechanisms and evidence on the existence and magnitude of profit-shifting activity. The following two sections provide the same analysis for individual tax evasion. The report concludes with overviews of alternative policy options, a summary of legislation enacted in the 111th Congress, and a summary of specific legislative proposals.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Assistance Programs in China (open access)

U.S. Assistance Programs in China

This report examines U.S. foreign assistance activities in the People's Republic of China (PRC), undertaken by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The report also discusses related foreign operations appropriations, policy history, and legislative background.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-EU Poultry Dispute on the Use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs) (open access)

U.S.-EU Poultry Dispute on the Use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs)

This report highlights the dispute between the U.S. and EU over the use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs) during the processing of poultry products. PRT's are antimicrobial rinses--including chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate, and peroxyacids, among others--that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for use in poultry processing to reduce the amount of microbes on meat.
Date: January 15, 2015
Creator: Johnson, Renée
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 01-14, January 2014 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 01-14, January 2014

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
Date: January 15, 2014
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History