Special Report to the Legislature
Additional e-Texas Recommendations
April 2003
EducationED-18 Implement a Video Lottery System for Local Property Tax Relief and Increased Education Funding
ED-19 Eliminate External Managers for the Permanent School Fund
ED-20 Save State Education Dollars Spent on Students Repeating Courses They Have Already Mastered
ED-21 Hold Public Schools Accountable for the Cost of College Developmental Education Courses
ED-22 Reduce Administrative and Non-Instructional Operating Costs in School Districts
ED-23 Eliminate Institutional Enhancement Funding
ED-24 Increase the Flexibility of Higher Education Funding
General GovernmentGG-35 Eliminate State-Paid Insurance for Citizens Serving on Voluntary Boards and Commissions
GG-36 Eliminate the Texas Food and Fibers Commission
GG-37 Bring ERS Contributions for New Hires in Line with Private Sector
GG-38 Accelerate Revenues from Insurance Company “Demutualization”
GG-39 Reduce Insurance Costs Through a Rolling Owner-Controlled Insurance Program
GG-40 Increase Revenues from Surplus Property
GG-41 Merge the Animal Health Commission with the Department of Agriculture
GG-42 Eliminate Duplicative Funding for the Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management Plan
GG-43 Consolidate Small Agency Information Technology Services
Health and Human ServicesHHS-14 Achieve Greater Savings in Medicaid Managed Care
HHS-15 Ensure Texas’ Neediest Children Keep Health Insurance
HHS-16 Increase Community Options for Persons with Mental Retardation
HHS-17 Increase Funding for Community Options for Texans with Disabilities and Increase Funding for Trauma Care
HHS-18 Prorate the State’s Supplement for New Public School Employees
HHS-19 Require Probationary Period for State Health Insurance Contribution for New University Employees
HHS-20 Require Mandatory Generic Substitution in the Employee Retirement System
HHS-21 Enforce Requirements that Welfare Recipients Attempt to Find Work
HHS-22 Use Internet-Based Technologies to Manage Chronic Diseases
HHS-23 Offer University Employees Health Reimbursement Accounts
HHS-24 Create a Medicaid Consumer-Directed Care Demonstration Project
