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Demographics

• 1 U.S. Census Bureau, "American Fact Finder—2006 Population Estimates," (Last visited December 17, 2007.)
• 2 Texas State Data Center, Office of the State Demographer, "2006 Total Population Estimates for Texas Counties," (Last visited December 17, 2007.) Table 7.7
• 3 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 2: Annual Estimates of the Population by Selected Age Groups and Sex for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006," (Last visited December 13, 2007.)
• 4 U.S. Census Bureau, "State Population Estimates—Race and Hispanic Origin," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 5 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 3: Annual Estimates of the Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic or Latino Origin for Texas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006," (Last visited December 13, 2007.)
• 6 U.S. Census Bureau, "Household Income—Distribution by Income Level and State: 2005," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 7 U.S. Census Bureau, "2000 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Counts," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)
• 8 Office of Rural Community Affairs, "Rural Texas: Wrangling with Change" (Austin, Texas, 2006), p. 3, (Last visited January 4, 2008)
• 9 Irene Miles, "Urban Settlers Sprawl Into Countryside," "This Is Our Land" (2001), p. 2.
• 10 Office of Rural Community Affairs, "Strategic Plan for State Fiscal Years 2007-2011" (Austin, Texas, July 7, 2006), p. 36, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 11 Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Table 1: Population by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections of the Population by Race/Ethnicity from 2010 to 2040 for Texas Under Alternative Assumptions of Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Net Migration," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 12 Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Population and Percent Change by Race/Ethnicity in the State of Texas, 1980-2000," (Last visited October 12, 2007.)
• 13 Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Table 5: Percent of Population by Age Group and Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projected Percent of Population by Age Group and by Race/Ethnicity from 2010 to 2040 with Median Age for 2000 and Projected for 2010 to 2040 by Race/Ethnicity for Texas Under Alternative Assumptions of Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Net Migration," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 14 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 2a: Projected Population of the United States, by Age and Sex: 2000 to 2050," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 15 Office of Rural Community Affairs, "The Status of Rural Texas, 2004" (Austin, Texas, January 1, 2005), p. 12, (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 16 Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Population and Percent Change by Race/Ethnicity in the State of Texas, 1980-2000," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 17 Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Table 1: Population by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections of the Population by Race/Ethnicity from 2010 to 2040 for Texas Under Alternative Assumptions of Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Net Migration."

Infrastructure

• 18 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas: 2007", Volume II (Austin, Texas, January 2007), pp. 188, 194, 200 and 207.
• 19 Texas Water Development Board, "Historical Water Use Summary for Texas," (Last visited December 13, 2007.)
• 20 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 120.
• 21 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 130.
• 22 Texas Water Development Board, "Historical Water Use Summary for Texas," (Last visited December 13, 2007.)
• 23 National Wildlife Federation, "Bays in Peril: A Forecast for Freshwater Flows to Texas Estuaries" (Austin, Texas, October 2004), p. 2, (Last visited December 13, 2007.)
• 24 Interview with Page Campbell, program specialist, Coastal Fisheries, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas, September 24, 2007.
• 25 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 161.
• 26 Texas Water Development Board, "Historical Water Use Summary for Texas," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 27 Northern Plains Groundwater Conservation District, "Ogallala Aquifer," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 28 Texas Water Development Board, "GCD Facts," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 29 Texas Water Development Board, "Historical Water Use Summary for Texas," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 30 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 176.
• 31 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, "Water Rights Database Files," (Last visited October 2, 2007.)
• 32 Office of the Attorney General, "Attorney General Cornyn Forms Rio Grande Water Rights Task Force," Austin, Texas, February 25, 2002. (Press release.)
• 33 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, "Shared Water Flowing Again," (Last visited December 18, 2007); and Susan Combs, "The Mexico Water Debt," Texas Bar Journal (March 2004), (Last visited December 18, 2007.) The legal aspects of the dispute between Mexico and Texas irrigation districts, which had rights to Rio Grande water, are not settled even though the water was finally repaid. Several Texas irrigation districts asked an arbitration tribunal created under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to rule that Mexico's actions caused them economic harm. In June 2007, the tribunal ruled that it had no jurisdiction in the matter. The districts now are asking a Canadian court to set aside the tribunal's decision.
• 34 Texas Water Development Board, "A Streetcar Named Desired Future Conditions: The New Groundwater Availability for Texas" (Austin, Texas, May 2006), pp. 3-4, (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 35 Texas Water Development Board, "Surveys of Irrigation in Texas: 1958, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994 and 2000" (Austin, Texas, August 2001), pp. 5-8, (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 36 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, pp. 240-243.
• 37 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 159.
• 38 Texas Water Development Board, "Brackish Groundwater Desalination One-Pager," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 39 El Paso Water Utilities, "Selected Financial and Statistical Data," (Last visited December 18, 2007.) The datum used was 2006 "Water Metered-Million Gallons (Retail/Wholesale)," converted by Comptroller staff to gallons per day and measured against the anticipated 27.5 million gallons per day from the desalination plant.
• 40 Alicia A. Caldwell, "El Paso Desalination Plant Opens With High Expectations," Associated Press, August 9, 2007; El Paso Public Utilities Board, "Customer Service, Monthly Minimum Water Rates," City of Austin, "Current Water Service Rates—Retail Customers Effective 11/1/07," City of Dallas, "Water Utilities—Monthly Payment Rates, Effective October 1, 2007,"; and City of Houston, "2007 Water and Sewer Rates," (Last visited December 18, 2007.)
• 41 Sandia National Laboratories, "Energy-Water Nexus Overview," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 42 University of New Mexico School of Law, Center for Wildlife Law, "Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean Water Act)," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 43 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, "Clean Water For Texas" (Austin, Texas, August 2002), p. 7, (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 44 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume I (Austin, Texas, January 2007), p. 2. TWDB is required to plan for a 50-year time period and uses its own projections that do not exactly match those of the Texas State Data Center.
• 45 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume I, p. 2.
• 46 Texas H.B. 3, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 47 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, pp. 4-8.
• 48 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 2.
• 49 Texas Water Development Board, "Water for Texas 2007", Volume II, p. 2.
• 50 Texas Comptroller calculation based on data obtained from Texas Workforce Commission.
• 51 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Profiles—Texas," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 52 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Profiles—Texas." These statistics do not include oil and natural gas production in federal offshore areas in the Gulf of Mexico and near California, which produce about a quarter of the nation's crude oil.
• 53 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Profiles—Texas."
• 54 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Monthly Nuclear Utility Generation by State, 2006," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 55 U.S. Department of Energy, "Wind Powering America: Installed U.S. Wind Capacity," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 56 U.S. Department of Energy, "Wind Powering America: Installed U.S. Wind Capacity," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 57 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, and States and for Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 58 Energy Information Administration, "Table R1: Energy Consumption by Sector, Ranked by State, 2004," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 59 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Summary of the Clean Air Act," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 60 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, "SIP: Introduction to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP)," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 61 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, "Texas Attainment Status by Region," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 62 U.S. Department of Energy, "Conservation Update—Landmark Legislation Cleans Up Texas Air," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 63 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Table 1.6: State-Level Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Prices, 2004," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 64 E-mail communication from Robert Manning, analyst, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Austin, Texas, June 26, 2007.
• 65 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Annual Energy Outlook 2007 with Projections to 2030" (Washington, D.C., February 2007), p. 82, (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 66 Electric Reliability Council of Texas, "Long-Term Hourly Peak Demand and Energy Forecast" (Austin, Texas, May 8, 2007), p. 20, (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 67 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Table 2.1a: Energy Consumption by Sector, 1949-2006," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 68 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Profiles—Texas," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 69 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Table 2.1a: Energy Consumption by Sector, 1949-2006."
• 70 U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Table S7: Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2004," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 71 U.S. Department of Energy, "Chapter Two: Energy," Table 2-5—Transportation Energy Use by Mode, (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 72 U.S. Department of Transportation, "Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons," (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 73 Texas Department of Transportation, "TxDOT Has a Plan—Strategic Plan For 2007-2011" (Austin, Texas, July 2006), p. 3 (Last visited December 19, 2007).
• 74 Elizabeth Cruce Alvarez, ed., "Texas Almanac 2006-2007" (College Station: Texas A&M University Press Consortium, 2006), pp. 590-594.
• 75 Texas Department of Transportation, "Pocket Facts" (Austin, Texas, 2007) (Last visited December 19, 2007.)
• 76 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "2006-07 Fiscal Size Up" (Austin, Texas, December 2005), (Last visited January 2, 2008.)
• 77 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "2006-07 Fiscal Size Up" (Austin, Texas, December 2005), pp. 339-340, (Last visited January 2, 2008.)
• 78 U.S. Department of Transportation, "Freight Shipments To, From and Within Texas," (Last visited January 2, 2008.)
• 79 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "2006-07 Fiscal Size Up", p. 338.
• 80 Texas Department of Transportation, "Pocket Facts".
• 81 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 2: Annual Estimates of the Population by Age and Sex for Texas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006."
• 82 Texas Department of Transportation, "Texas Transportation Challenge" (Austin, Texas, May 2006), (Last visited January 2, 2008.)
• 83 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "2006-07 Fiscal Size Up" (Austin, Texas, December 2005), p. 339, (Last visited January 2, 2008.)
• 84 House Research Organization, "Bill Analysis Establishing a Moratorium and Revised Standards For Certain Toll Projects," (Last visited January 2, 2008.)
• 85 Texas Department of Transportation, "Pocket Facts".
• 86 Texas Legislative Budget Board, "2006-07 Fiscal Size Up", p. 342.
• 87 Texas Transportation Institute "The 2007 Urban Mobility Report", by David Schrank and Tim Lomax (College Station, Texas, September 2007), p. 1 and 3, (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 88 Texas Transportation Institute, "The 2007 Urban Mobility Report", pp. 14-15.
• 89 Texas Department of Transportation, "Pocket Facts".
• 90 "Federal Register" Vol. 61, No. 51, March 14, 1996, p. 10,656.
• 91 The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, "10.5 Million Alternative Fuel Autos on Roads Today," Washington, D.C., March 13, 2007 (Press release); and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, "Resources and Tools: Alternative Fuel Autos Are Everywhere," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 92 U.S. Department of Transportation, "Freight Shipments To, From and Within Texas."
• 93 Elizabeth Cruce Alvarez, ed., "Texas Almanac 2006-2007", p. 596.
• 94 Union Pacific, "Union Pacific Saves Fuel While Increasing Efficiency," Omaha, Nebraska, April 28, 2006. (Press release.)
• 95 Elizabeth Cruce Alvarez, ed., "Texas Almanac 2006-2007", p. 598.
• 96 Texas Department of Transportation, "Economic Impact of Texas Aviation," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 97 Elizabeth Cruce Alvarez, ed., "Texas Almanac 2006-2007", p. 599.
• 98 U.S. Department of Transportation, "Freight Shipments To, From, and Within Texas."
• 99 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, "Cargo: Fast Facts," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 100 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, "Cargo," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 101 Houston Airport System, "Air Cargo," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 102 U.S. Department of Transportation, "Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Ports," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 103 Texas Ports Association, "Benefits of Texas Ports," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)

Health Care

• 104 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table HI05: Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State and Age for all People: 2006," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 105 America's Best Hospitals, 2007, U.S. News and World Report","; and Texas Department of State Health Services, "Texas Acute Care Hospitals Fact Sheet," (Last visited January 9, 2008.)
• 106 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table HIA-4: Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State, All People, 1999 to 2006," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 107 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table HIA-5: Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State, Children Under 18, 1999 to 2006," (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 108 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "The Uninsured: A Hidden Burden on Texas Employers and Communities" (Austin, Texas, April 2005), p. 3, (Last visited January 3, 2008.)
• 109 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table HIA-4: Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State, All People, 1999 to 2006."
• 110 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Table II.B.2: Percent of Private-Sector Employees in Establishments that Offer Health Insurance by Firm Size and State, United States, 2005,"; and "Table II.A.1: Number of Private-Sector Establishments by Firm Size and State, United States, 2005," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 111 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Table II.B.2: Percent of Private-Sector Employees in Establishments that Offer Health Insurance by Firm Size and State, United States, 2005."
• 112 The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, "Employer Health Benefits: 2007 Annual Survey" (Washington, D.C., September 2007), pp. 16 and 68, (Last visited January 4, 2008.);; and Gary Claxton, Jon Gabel, Bianca DiJulio, Jeremy Pickreign, Heidi Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Paul Jacobs, and Samantha Hawkins, "Health Benefits In 2007: Premium Increases Fall To An Eight-Year Low, While Offer Rates And Enrollment Remain Stable," Health Affairs, September/October 2007, pp. 1407-1416.
• 113 Greater Houston Partnership, "Public Health Task Force Report" (Houston, Texas, 2004), (Last visited January 9, 2008.)
• 114 Amy Dorsett, "Texas Ranks Low on Health Insurance," "San Antonio Express-News" (July 23, 2005), p. 1B.
• 115 Erik Eckholm, "To Lower Costs, Hospitals Try Free Basic Care for Uninsured," "New York Times" (October 25, 2006), p. A-1.
• 116 The Access Project, "Providing Health Care to the Uninsured in Texas: A Guide for County Officials", by Caton M. Fenz (Boston, Massachusetts, 2000), p. 23, ;; and Texas Children's Hospital, "Neighborhood Services," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 117 Texas Department of State Health Services, "Texas Acute Care Hospitals: Fact Sheet," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 118 Families USA, "Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured" (Washington, D.C., June 2005), pp. 1 and 4 ; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Table II.D.1: Average Total Family Premium (in Dollars) per Enrolled Employee at Private-Sector Establishments that Offer Health Insurance by Firm Size and State: United States, 2005,"; and "Table II.D.3: Percent of Total Premiums Contributed by Employees Enrolled in Family Coverage at Private-Sector Establishments that Offer Health Insurance by Firm Size and State, United States, 2005," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 119 Texas Department of State Health Services, Statewide Health Coordinating Council, "2007-2008 Texas State Health Plan Update" (Austin, Texas, September 19, 2006), pp. 1 and 55, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 120 Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies "The Supply of and Demand for Registered Nurses and Nurse Graduates in Texas: A Report to the Legislature", by Nora Douglas (Austin, Texas, November 2006), pp. 1-2, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 121 Texas Department of State Health Services, Statewide Health Coordinating Council, "2007-2008 Texas State Health Plan Update", p. 9.
• 122 Jack Needleman, Peter Buerhaus, Soeren Mattke, Maureen Stewart and Katya Zelevinsky, "Nurse-Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals," "The New England Journal of Medicine" (May 30, 2002), pp. 1715-1722;; and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care, by Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center (Rockville, Maryland, March 2007), p. 2. (Consultant's report.)
• 123 Texas Department of State Health Services, "2007-2008 Texas State Health Plan Update", pp. 5-6.
• 124 American Association of Colleges of Nursing, "Student Enrollment Rises in U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities for the 6th Consecutive Year," Washington, D.C., December 5, 2006. (Press release.)
• 125 Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, "Highlights: The Supply of Registered Nurses in Texas – 2005" (Austin, Texas, November 2006), p. 6, (Last visited January 9, 2008.)
• 126 Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies "Highlights: Recruitment and Retention of Nursing Faculty", by Aileen Kishi (Austin, Texas, September 2006), pp. 1-3, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 127 Texas Department of State Health Services, "Highlights: The Supply of Registered Nurses in Texas: 2005", p. 2;; and Office of Rural Community Affairs, Rural Texas: Wrangling with Change(Austin, Texas, 2006), p. 9, . (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 128 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Program Announcement, Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program Fiscal Year 2008" (Austin, Texas, August 17, 2007), p. 1, Alexia Green, Chris Fowler, Susan Sportsman, Marla Cottenoir, Kathleen Light and Renae Schumann, "Innovation in Nursing Education: A Statewide Grant Initiative," Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice (February 2006), pp. 45-53;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "2006-07 Nursing, Allied Health and Other Health-Related Education Grant Program," (Last visited January 9, 2008.)
• 129 Council of State Governments, "Trends Alert—Costs of Chronic Diseases: What are States Facing?" (Lexington, Kentucky, 2006), p. 5, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 130 Texas Department of State Health Services, "Chronic Disease in Texas: A Surveillance Report Of Disease Indicators" (Austin, Texas, December 2006), p. 4, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 131 Texas Department of State Health Services, "Chronic Disease in Texas: A Surveillance Report Of Disease Indicators", pp. 4, 9, 35, 38 and 42.
• 132 Texas Department of State Health Services, "Chronic Disease in Texas: A Surveillance Report Of Disease Indicators", pp. 50 and 52.
• 133 Anne Fagot-Campagna, K. M. Venkat Narayan and Giuseppina Imperatore, "Type 2 Diabetes in Children Exemplifies the Growing Problem of Chronic Diseases," "British Medical Journal" (February 17, 2001), pp. 377-378.
• 134 American Diabetes Association, "Direct and Indirect Costs of Diabetes in the United States," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 135 Council of State Governments, "Trends Alert—Costs of Chronic Diseases: What are States Facing?" p. 14.
• 136 C. Everett Koop National Health Awards, "Program Evaluation Summary, 2006 Koop Award Winner: Take Care of Your Health—USAA," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 137 Office of the Comptroller, "Counting Costs and Calories: Measuring the Cost of Obesity to Texas Employers" (Austin, Texas, March 2007), p. 22, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 138 Texas Department of State Health Services, "Roadmap for the Mobilization of Electronic Healthcare Information in Texas" (Austin, Texas, September 29, 2006), p. 11, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 139 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Secretary Thompson, Seeking Fastest Possible Results, Names First Health Information Technology Coordinator, HHS Also Announces Milestones in Developing Health IT," Washington, D.C., May 6, 2004. (Press release.)
• 140 My-Thuan Tran, "Digital Medical Records: Next Big Step in Health Care," "Houston Chronicle" (October 26, 2006), p. B2.
• 141 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, "Health Information Exchange Policy Issues," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 142 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Electronic Medical Record Use by Office-Based Physicians: United States, 2005," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 143 Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, "Roadmap for the Mobilization of Electronic Healthcare Information in Texas", pp. 39-41.
• 144 Rural Health Resource Center, "Health Information Technology (HIT) State Profile: Texas," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 145 Texas Health Care Policy Council, "Policy Paper: The State of Health Information Technology in Texas" (Austin, Texas, December 2006), p. 8, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 146 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Telehealth," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 147 Emily Ramshaw, "Digital Doctors," "Dallas Morning News" (August 10, 2004), p. 3E.
• 148 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Telehealth Funding Guide," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 149 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, "Telemedicine in Texas Medicaid" (Austin, Texas, January 2006), pp. iii and 1-2, (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 150 Texas S.B. 24, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 151 Texas Health and Human Services Commission, "Telemedicine in Texas Medicaid", p. 2.
• 152 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Telemedicine, "The History of Telemedicine at Texas Tech,"; and "Rural Telemedicine," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)
• 153 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, "Rural Telemedicine,"; and "Correctional Telemedicine," (Last visited January 9, 2008.)
• 154 University of Texas Medical Branch, "UTMB's Services Today," (Last visited January 4, 2008.)

Education

• 155 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 18: Population, Enrollment, and Personal Income by State: 2004 and 2005," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 156 Texas Education Agency, "2007 Accountability System State Summary," Texas Education Agency, "2006-2007 Student Enrollment: Statewide Totals,"; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 1996-97 State Profile Report," (Last visited January 10, 2008.)
• 157 Texas State Data Center, "Table 7.7: Total Public Education (All Levels), Public Elementary and Secondary, Public Community College, Public University, and Total Public College and University Enrollment for the State of Texas and Council of Government Regions in Texas by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections to 2040 Assuming Alternative Projection Scenarios," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 158 Texas State Data Center, "Table 7.7: Total Public Education (All Levels), Public Elementary and Secondary, Public Community College, Public University, and Total Public College and University Enrollment for the State of Texas and Council of Government Regions in Texas by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections to 2040 Assuming Alternative Projection Scenarios," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 159 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 2006-07 State Profile Report,"; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 1996-97 State Profile Report."
• 160 Texas Education Agency, "Program Evaluation: Initiatives for Students with Limited English Proficiency," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 161 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System—1996-97 State Profile Report: Economically Disadvantaged,"; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 2006-07 State Profile Report: Economically Disadvantaged," (Last visited January 5, 2008.) (Students considered economically disadvantaged are those receiving free and reduced-price lunch or other public assistance.)
• 162 Texas S.B. 40, 71st Leg., Reg. Sess. (1989);; and Texas S.B. 1, 71st Leg., 6th Called Sess. (1990).
• 163 Texas Education Agency, "Chapter 2—The Basics: Base Indicators," "2007 Accountability Manual" (May 2007), (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 164 Texas Education Agency, "2007 Accountability System State Summary."
• 165 Other criteria are performance on the State-Developed Alternative Assessment II tests, which are used for Special Education students in grades 3-10 for which the TAKS test is inappropriate; completion rates, which include students who graduate, continue high school or get a GED;; and annual dropout rates for grades 7 and 8. For more detail, see Texas Education Agency, "Chapter 2—The Basics: Base Indicators," in the 2007 Accountability Manual.
• 166 Texas Education Agency, "Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: Frequently Asked Questions," Texas Education Agency, "Timeline of Testing in Texas,"; and Texas Education Agency, "Accountability Rating System for Texas Public Schools and Districts," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 167 Texas S.B. 1031, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 168 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System 2006-07 State Performance Report: TAKS Met 2008 Standard (Sum of All Grades Tested, including Grade 8 Science)," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 169 Tex. Educ. Code Ann. §28.0211.
• 170 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "NAEP Overview," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 171 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "State Profiles: The Nation's Report Card," (last visited January 5, 2008);; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The Nation's Report Card: State Comparisons," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 172 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "State Profiles: The Nation's Report Card," and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The Nation's Report Card: State Comparisons."
• 173 U.S. Department of Education, "NCLB Overview: Executive Summary," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 174 U.S. Department of Education, "NCLB Overview: Executive Summary";; and Texas Education Agency, 2007 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide (Austin, Texas, June 2007), p. 38, (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 175 Texas Education Agency, "2007 Final AYP State Summary Table," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 176 Texas Education Agency, "2007 Final AYP State Summary Table."
• 177 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "NAEP Overview."
• 178 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2007" (Washington, D.C., September 2007), p. 53, (last visited January 5, 2008); U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2007" (Washington, D.C., September 2007), p. 49, (last visited January 5, 2008);; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System 2006-07—State Performance Report."
• 179 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2007", p. 61; U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2007, p. 57;; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System 2006-07 State Performance Report."
• 180 Brooke Dollens Terry, Texas Public Policy Foundation, "Career and Technology Education: Systemic Change Is Needed to Help America Stay Competitive" (Austin, Texas, December 2006), p. 4, (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 181 Texas Education Agency, "Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2004-2005," pp. 3-4, (last visited January 5, 2008);; and Texas Education Agency, "Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2007-2008," pp. 3-4, (Last visited January 5, 2008.) (Schools that offer eight class periods during the year have already been requiring 26 credits to graduate; otherwise, many students could graduate in three years.)
• 182 Texas Education Agency, "Graduation Requirements, Beginning with School Year 2007-2008," pp. 3-4.
• 183 Texas Education Agency, "2000-2001 Graduates by Graduation Plan," Texas Education Agency, "2003-2004 Graduates by Graduation Plan,"; and Texas Education Agency, "2005-2006 Graduates by Graduation Plan," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 184 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System 2006-07 State Performance Report."
• 185 Texas H.B. 1, 79th Leg., 3rd Called Sess. (2006).
• 186 The Commission for a College Ready Texas, "The Report of the Commission for a College Ready Texas" (Austin, Texas, November 2007), p. 1, Report FINAL.pdf. (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 187 Texas Education Agency, "Grade-Level Retention in Texas Public Schools, 2005-06" (Austin, Texas, October 2007), pp. 14-24, (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 188 Texas Education Agency, "Secondary School Completion and Dropouts, 2005-06" (Austin, Texas, August 2007), p. 63, (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 189 Texas Education Agency, "Secondary School Completion and Dropouts, 2005-06", pp. 8-9, 43 and 45.
• 190 Texas Education Agency, "Secondary School Completion and Dropouts, 2005-06", p. 45.
• 191 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "High School Students who Graduated in the School Year Prior to Entering Higher Education in the Fall Semester," (Last visited on January 5, 2008.)
• 192 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System 2006-07 State Performance Report."
• 193 Texas Education Agency, "Career and Technology Education: Enrollment Data," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 194 19 Tex. Admin. Code §4.85(b) (7) and (9).
• 195 Tex. Educ. Code Ann. §54.216 and §54.2161.
• 196 Texas Education Agency, "2000-2001 Actual Financial Data, Statewide Totals," (last visited January 5, 2008); Texas Education Agency, "2005-2006 Actual Financial Data, Statewide Totals," (last visited January 5, 2008); Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 2000-01 State Profile Report";; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 2005-06 State Profile Report," (Last visited January 12, 2008.)
• 197 Texas Education Agency, "2000-2001 Actual Financial Data, Statewide Totals"; and Texas Education Agency, "2005-2006 Actual Financial Data, Statewide Totals," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 198 U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 11: States Ranked According to Per Pupil Elementary-Secondary Public School System Finance Amounts, 2004-05," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 199 Texas Education Agency, "2005-2006 Actual Financial Data, Statewide Totals,"; and Texas Education Agency, "2006-2007 Budgeted Financial Data," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 200 Texas Education Agency, "School District State Aid Reports (for 2002-03 to 2007-08)," (Last visited October 12, 2007.)
• 201 Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007), p. III-21.
• 202 Texas Education Agency, "House Bill 1 Salary Increase and Health Insurance," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 203 W. Gardner Selby and Jason Embry, "House Oks $153 Billion Budget," "Austin American Statesman" (May 28, 2007), p. A-1.
• 204 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2000-01 State Profile Report;; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2006-07 State Profile Report."
• 205 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2000-01 State Profile Report;; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2006-07 State Profile Report."
• 206 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2000-01 State Profile Report;; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2006-07 State Profile Report."
• 207 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2000-01 State Profile Report;; and Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System, 2006-07 State Profile Report."
• 208 "Closing the Gaps" is referenced in Tex. Educ. Code Ann. §54.001 and §61.0762, as well as H.B. 2237 and H.B. 3900, 80th Legislature, and . The requirement for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a master plan and monitor and report on its implementation is also referenced in Education Code, Chapter 61.
• 209 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps: The Texas Higher Education Plan" (Austin, Texas, October 2000), (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 210 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Texas Higher Education Data," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 211 Texas Workforce Commission, "Eligible Training Provider System," . (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 212 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "MITCs.xls," July 10, 2007. (Excel spreadsheet.)
• 213 Texas H.B. 2074, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 214 Texas H.B. 2198, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 215 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Regional Plan for Higher Education" (Austin, Texas, October 9, 2006), (Last visited January 5, 2008), p. 15.
• 216 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Regional Plan for Higher Education" (Austin, Texas, October 9, 2006), p. 15.
• 217 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report" (Austin, Texas, July 2007), p. 12, (last visited January 5, 2008); Texas H.B. 2426, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007); Texas S.B. 289, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007);; and Texas H. B. 1, Rider #40, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 218 Maria M. Perotin, "Area Hospitals Filling Vacant Nursing Jobs," "Fort Worth Star-Telegram" (September 4, 2007), p. C-1; David Hendricks, "Nurse Shortage Will Soon Ease," San Antonio Express-News (August 29, 2007), p. D-1;; and Melissa Ludwig, "Nursing Programs on the Rise," San Antonio Express-News (July 29, 2007), p. B-1.
• 219 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 12.
• 220 Texas H. B. 3826, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 221 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Statement of Raymund A. Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education: Testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education," Austin, Texas, September 14, 2006, (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 222 U.S. Census Bureau, "Census 2000 PHC-T-6—Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000," (last visited January 5, 2008);; and Texas State Data Center, "Estimates of the Population by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity for July 1, 2005 for State of Texas," (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 223 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Participation- Key Measures, Headcount Enrollment, Statewide Totals,"; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Participation- Key Measures, Headcount Enrollment, The University of Texas at Austin," (Last visited January 11, 2008.) A custom query was created to obtain data for UT-Austin.
• 224 U.S. Census Bureau, "Census 2000 PHC-T-6—Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000";; and Texas State Data Center, "Estimates of the Population by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity for July 1, 2005 for State of Texas."
• 225 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Participation- Key Measures, Headcount Enrollment, Statewide Totals";; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Participation- Key Measures, Headcount Enrollment, The University of Texas at Austin."
• 226 U.S. Census Bureau, "Census 2000 PHC-T-6: Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, and States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000";; and Texas State Data Center, "Estimates of the Population by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity for July 1, 2005 for State of Texas."
• 227 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2000" (Austin, Texas), and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2006" (Austin, Texas). (Last visited January 5, 2008.)
• 228 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2000"; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2006; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2002;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2003.
• 229 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2006", pp. 1 and 67.
• 230 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Statement of Raymund A. Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education: Testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education."
• 231 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2000", pp. 1 and 63;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2006, pp. 1 and 67.
• 232 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2000", pp. 1 and 63;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2006, pp. 1 and 67.
• 233 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2000", pp. 1 and 63;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, First-time Undergraduate Applicant, Acceptance, and Enrollment Information for Summer/Fall 2006, pp. 1 and 67.
• 234 Texas H.B. 3015, 78th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2003).
• 235 Tex. Educ. Code Ann. §56.033 and §56.011; CollegeForTexans.com, "Types of Financial Aid," (last visited January 6, 2008);; and TexasTomorrowFund.org, "Texas Tomorrow Funds," (Last visited January 6, 2008.) (The state also requires public institutions to set aside certain percentages of tuition revenue for aid to various types of students, such as graduate students.)
• 236 Texas H.B. 3900, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).
• 237 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for Fiscal Year 2006" (Austin, Texas, July 2007), pp. 2-3, (Last visited January 6, 2008).
• 238 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Financial Aid for College Students in Texas Fiscal Year 2002" (Austin, Texas, July 2004), pp. v and 7, (last visited January 6, 2008);; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for Fiscal Year 2006, pp. 2-3 and 38.
• 239 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for Fiscal Year 2006", pp. 8 and 11-12;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "TEXAS Grant Projections.xls," (Excel spreadsheet.)
• 240 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for Fiscal Year 2006", p. 8;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Texas B-On-Time Loan Program Fact Sheet," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 241 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for Fiscal Year 2006", pp. 2 and 7.
• 242 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for Fiscal Year 2006", p. 15.
• 243 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "H Ed Student Costs – Budget Summary all yrs to date.xls," (Excel spreadsheet);; and CollegeforTexans.com, "College Costs – 2007-2008," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 244 CollegeforTexans.com, "College Costs – 2007-2008," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 245 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", pp. 1-5.
• 246 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", pp. 1-5;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Closing the Gaps: The Texas Higher Education Plan, p. 8. The state does not collect enrollment data for postsecondary proprietary schools.
• 247 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Fall 2006 Enrollment by Ethnicity 2006.xls," (Excel spreadsheet.)
• 248 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System—Community Colleges Performance: Participation – Enrollment," (last visited January 6, 2008);; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: Universities Performance: Participation – Headcount Enrollment," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 249 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 4;; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Closing the Gaps: The Texas Higher Education Plan, p. 9.
• 250 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 3.
• 251 Texas State Data Center, "Table 7.7: Total Public Education (All Levels), Public Elementary and Secondary, Public Community College, Public University, and Total Public College and University Enrollment for the State of Texas and Council of Government Regions in Texas by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections to 2040 Assuming Alternative Projection Scenarios." (Assumes 0.5 Net Migration Scenario.)
• 252 Texas State Data Center, "Table 7.7: Total Public Education (All Levels), Public Elementary and Secondary, Public Community College, Public University, and Total Public College and University Enrollment for the State of Texas and Council of Government Regions in Texas by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections to 2040 Assuming Alternative Projection Scenarios." (Assumes 0.5 Net Migration Scenario.)
• 253 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "High School Students who Graduated in the School Year Prior to Entering Higher Education in the Fall Semester," (Last visited on January 6, 2008.)
• 254 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "High School Students who Graduated in the School Year Prior to Entering Higher Education in the Fall Semester."
• 255 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 12.
• 256 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 6.
• 257 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: Universities Performance: 4-, 5-, and 6-Year Graduation Rates," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 258 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: Community Colleges Performance: 3, 4, and 6-Year Graduation Rates," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 259 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: Universities Performance: Success – Contextual Measures," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 260 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: Universities Performance: Success – Contextual Measures"; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: Community Colleges Performance: Success – Contextual Measures,"; and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System: TSTCs/Lamar Performance: Success – Contextual Measures," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 261 Texas Education Agency, "Academic Excellence Indicator System: 2006-07 State Performance Report."
• 262 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 14.
• 263 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 14.
• 264 "U.S. News & World Report", "America's Best Colleges 2008: Undergraduate Ranking Criteria and Weights," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 265 "U.S. News & World Report", "America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities: Top Schools," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 266 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 14.
• 267 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", pp. 14-15.
• 268 The Center for Measuring University Performance, "The Top American Research Universities: 2006 Annual Report" (Last visited January 6, 2008), p. 7.
• 269 The Center for Measuring University Performance "The Top American Research Universities: 2006 Annual Report", by John V. Lombardi, Elizabeth D. Capaldi and Craig W. Abbey (Tempe, Arizona, 2006), p. 8, (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 270 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", pp. 16-18.
• 271 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2007 Progress Report", p. 18.
• 272 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Texas Higher Education Facts––2006," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 273 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Texas Higher Education Facts––2006."
• 274 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Higher Education Accountability System—Universities Performance: Institutional Efficiency and Effectiveness—Contextual Measures: Total Revenue," (Last visited January 6, 2008.)
• 275 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, "Contact Hour Average 96-09 CC.xls." (Excel spreadsheet.)
• 276 Texas Workforce Commission, "Texas Labor Market Review, December 2007," (Austin, Texas, December 2007), p. 2 (monthly newsletter);; and figures derived from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics Survey,"; and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Table 5: Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls by State and Selected Industrial Sector, Seasonally Adjusted," (Last visited January 14, 2008.)

Economic Development

• 277 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Texas Nonfarm Employment Detail: Calendar Years 1990-2035," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 278 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Monthly Unemployment Rates for the U.S. and Texas," (Last visited January 8, 2007.)
• 279 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Fall 2007 State Economic Forecast," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 280 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Fall 2007 State Economic Forecast;" and Global Insight, Inc.
• 281 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Texas Nonfarm Employment Detail: Calendar Years 1990-2035," (Last visited January 7, 2008.)
• 282 D'ann Peterson, "Texas Transitions to a Service Economy," "Southwest Economy" (May/June 2007), p. 3.
• 283 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Texas Nonfarm Employment Detail: Calendar Years 1990-2035."
• 284 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Annual Cash Report 2007" (Austin, Texas, 2007), p. 9;; and Baker Hughes, "January 2000 – December 2007 Rigs by State," (Last visited January 9, 2008);; and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Fall 2007 Economic Forecast."
• 285 Texas Workforce Commission, "Texas Labor Market Review, December 2007," p. 2.
• 286 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Annual Cash Report 2007" (Austin, Texas, 2007), p. 6;; and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Texas Gross State Product Detail: Calendar Years 1990-2035," (Last visited January 9, 2008.)
• 287 Texas Workforce Commission, "Labor Market and Career Information," (Last visited January 13, 2008);; and D'ann Peterson, "Texas Transitions to a Service Economy," Southwest Economy (May/June 2007), p. 3.
• 288 Texas Workforce Commission, "Texas Labor Market Review, December 2007," p. 2.
• 289 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Texas Nonfarm Employment Detail: Calendar Years 1990-2035."
• 290 Texas Workforce Commission, "Texas Labor Market Review, December 2007," p. 2.
• 291 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Annual Cash Report 2007", p. 5.
• 292 Anil Kumar, "Globalizing Texas: Exports and High-Tech Jobs," "Southwest Economy" (September/October 2007), p. 13.

Sources for DID YOU KNOW?

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• U.S. Census Bureau, "2000 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

Page 9

• Texas Department of Agriculture, "Rural Texas Facts," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)
• Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Table 1: Population and Percent Change by Race/Ethnicity in the State of Texas, 1980-2000," and "Table 1: Population by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections of the Population by Race/Ethnicity from 2010 to 2040 for Texas Under Alternative Assumptions of Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Net Migration," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, "Caddo Lake State Park," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Profile—Texas," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Level Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Prices, 2004," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Comptroller calculation based on data obtained from Texas Workforce Commission.

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007 (Austin, Texas, November 5, 2007), p. 37 (Last visited January 08, 2008.)

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• U.S. Department of Transportation, "Freight Shipments To, From and Within Texas," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• Office of Rural Community Affairs, "Wrangling with Change" (Austin, Texas, January 1, 2007), p. 9 (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Office of Rural Community Affairs, Wrangling with Change, p. 9.

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 3.
• Page 69
• Office of the Governor, Texas Film Commission, "2006 Texas Regional Economic Impact Chart," and "Texas 10-Year Economic Impact Chart," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

Page 5

• U.S. Census Bureau, "2000 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

Page 9

• Texas Department of Agriculture, "Rural Texas Facts," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)
• Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, "Table 1: Population and Percent Change by Race/Ethnicity in the State of Texas, 1980-2000,"; and "Table 1: Population by Race/Ethnicity in 2000 and Projections of the Population by Race/Ethnicity from 2010 to 2040 for Texas Under Alternative Assumptions of Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity-Specific Net Migration," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, "Caddo Lake State Park," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Energy Profile—Texas," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Level Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Prices, 2004," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Comptroller calculation based on data obtained from Texas Workforce Commission.

Page 27

• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, "Annual Cash Report 2007" (Austin, Texas, November 5, 2007), p. 37 (Last visited January 08, 2008.)

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• U.S. Department of Transportation, "Freight Shipments To, From and Within Texas," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• Office of Rural Community Affairs, Wrangling with Change (Austin, Texas, January 1, 2007), p. 9 (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Office of Rural Community Affairs, Wrangling with Change, p. 9.

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• Texas H.B. 1, 80th Leg., Reg. Sess. (2007).

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 3.

• Page 69
• Office of the Governor, Texas Film Commission, "2006 Texas Regional Economic Impact Chart,"; and "Texas 10-Year Economic Impact Chart," (Last visited January 11, 2008.)

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• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Annual Cash Report 2007, p. 37.