Learning Objectives
- Describe what is meant by the term local government and how it fits in a federal system.
- Explain Texas’s one-size-fits-all approach to county government and the historical context in which it developed.
- Identify the different types of city government and the issues they face.
- Describe how public education and special districts serve as other forms of local government.
- Assess who wins and who loses under the structure of Texas local government and its distribution of powers.