Chapter Eight Bureaucracy, Public Policies, and Finance

Chapter Eight

Bureaucracy, Public Policies, and

Finance

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 8-2

Role of State Agencies

• State Employees • Number • Compensation


Table 8.1: Texas Minorities and Women in Non-Higher Education State Employment, Fiscal Year 2002

Source: Texas Commission on Human Rights, 2002


Education

• Public Schools

• Colleges and Universities


Social Services

• Human Services

• Health, Mental Health, and Mental Retardation Services

• Employment


Figure 8.1: The Consolidated Health and Human Services System


Economic Policies

• Business Regulation

• Business Promotion


Fiscal Policies

• Taxing Policy

• Budget Policy

• Spending Policy


Figure 8.3: Sources of State Revenue, 2004-2005

Source: Office of the State Comptroller of Public Accounts, Biennial Review Estimate 2004-2005.


Revenue Sources

• The Politics of Taxation

• Revenue from Gambling

• Nontax Revenues

• The Public Debt


Figure 8.4: Texas Biennial Budget Cycle

Source: Senate Research Center, A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas (Austin: Texas Senate, January 2003), 5.


Budgeting and Fiscal Management

• Budgeting Procedure

• Budget Expenditures

• Budget Execution


Figure 8.5: Texas Legislative Budget Board’s Biennial Budget Recommendations for Fiscal Years 2004-2005

Source: Legislative Budget Board, Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates for the 2004-2005 Biennium, January 2003, 1.


Budgeting and Fiscal Management

• Purchasing

• Accounting

• Auditing


Future Demands

• Public Education

• Public Higher Education

• Public Assistance


Environmental Issues

• Air and Water

• Hazardous Waste


Homeland Security

• State’s role


Selected Reading

• “Memo Costs State Employee Her Job” by W. Gardner Selby

Documents

Chapter Eight Bureaucracy, Public Policies, and Finance