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Relevant Statewide Goals and Selected Benchmarks
Achieving the following statewide functional goals will require cost-effective borrowing for
infrastructure development and renewal, the wise use of public tax dollars and an adequate capacity
of tax-exempt financing:
Education: Higher Education To prepare individuals for a changing economy and
workforce by:
* Providing an affordable, accessible and quality system of higher education; and
* Furthering the development and application of knowledge through teaching, research and
commercialization.
Selected Benchmarks:
* Texas public colleges' and universities' cost per student as a percent of the national average;
and
* Percent Change in average tuition over past biennium.
Economic Development - To provide an attractive economic climate for current and emerging
industries that fosters economic opportunity, job creation, capital investment and infrastructure
development by:
* Promoting a favorable and fair system to fund necessary state services;
* Addressing transportation needs;
* Promoting a favorable business climate; and
* Developing a well-trained, educated and productive workforce.
Selected Benchmarks:
* Amount of capital investment made in Texas as a result of grants provided through the
Texas Enterprise Fund;
* Number of new non-government, non-farm jobs created;
* Per capita gross state product;
* Texas unemployment rate;
* Percent of state highway system rated good or better based on the Pavement Management
Information System Condition Score; and
* Percent reduction in traffic congestion using the Texas Transportation Institute's Travel
Time Index.
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Texas Bond Review Board. Texas Bond Review Board Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017, book, July 2, 2012; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth531984/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.