Texas Government

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the party system in Texas including its historical milestones, voter support and offices held, demographics of groups typically associated with the major parties, relationship with interest groups, and influencing factors.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain Texas state budgetary policy and state financing issues including state expenditures and budget priorities, the budget process, options for reforming the state revenue system, process for making budgetary policy.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe city government in Texas including forms of city government, the legal status of cities in Texas, city public policies, and city politics.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the Texas State Constitution including its historical background and original goals, its features, the process for changing it, and its role in protecting the rights of citizens of Texas.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the county government and special districts in Texas including their organization, administration, funding, and major issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the Texas criminal justice system including the statistical profile of criminals and victims, the criminal prosecution process, the views about capital punishment, the Texas corrections system, and the process for making criminal justice policy.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the election process in Texas including the ballots used, they types of elections, the process for and impact of redistricting, the influencing factors in election campaigns, and the factors that influence voter choice.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the Texas state executive branch including the office of governor, the executive bureaucracy, and administrative oversight.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the types, roles, strategies, tactics, regulation, and impact of interest groups in Texas.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the Texas state judicial branch including the organization of Texas courts, the judges and judicial selection process, the types of cases addressed in Texas courts, and the trial and appellate process.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the Texas state legislature including its structure, membership, organization, and process for policy making.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the role of the states and state constitutions in the federal system specifically related to the Texas state constitution.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe Texas in terms of demographics, size, cultural diversity, religious beliefs, economy, and political structure.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the voting process and trends in Texas, including the history of voting rights in Texas, the methods in which citizens can participate in policymaking for the state, voter participation trends, and the Texas electorate.