Texas Local Control

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Roshan Dhamala Sherry Sharifian Government 2306 2 May 2017 Local Control in Texas Local control can be defined as the process of governing and operating the governing bodies from the elected local leaders and representatives. When the state government failed to assure the rights of the local citizens, then the local government is needed. The power and authority are separated among national, state and local governments in the federal system. For a county, the local government is more responsible than the state government. Local government is granted the power and authorization by the state. The general population choose all the delegate individuals, for example, mayors, city board, and other representing bodies. They work for the development

Since the state government were new and weak, the county governments played vital role in the administration, information, and the holistic development of their county. For example, the local control in education is the process managing the schools and colleges by appointed representative serving on school boards or committees in their local community. Mostly the national government gave grants to local governments. Local government must depend on federal money. Nowadays, it is believed that, local control misuse its authority and overpowering. 2 The Tenth Amendment of the US constitution states that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” State assign more responsibility over local governing bodies which are called “local- control states.” I think local control must be confined and monitored to avoid abuse and misapplication. It is very important to check and balance the power of the state and local government. According to edglossary.org, some of the major arguments for and against local control in educational are, reducing local control can lower educational costs and improve efficiency of district schools. Lessening local control can bring down the organization. Improvement, expansion, or diversity of school programming is possible by reducing local control. 3 However,

The representatives from local government are against the sanctuary city ban. In any case, the representative Greg Abbott made prohibiting haven urban areas as key need for the administrative session. The Senate passed a bill to sanction local governments that don't enforce federal immigration laws. Debate over the bill now moves to the House. Dallasnews.com stated that, Abbott needs to deduct the assets to nearby governments that embrace haven strategies and expel from open office authorities who advance them. Basically, the state government is opposing the local government’s supporting