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Texas has over 1,000 public school districts—all but one of the school districts in Texas are independent, separate from any form of municipal or county government. School districts may (and often do) cross city and county boundaries. Independent school districts have the power to tax their residents and to assert eminent domain over privately owned property. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) oversees these districts, providing supplemental funding, but its jurisdiction is limited mostly to intervening in poorly performing districts.
36 separate and distinct public universities exist in Texas, of which 32 belong to one of the six state university systems. The Carnegie Foundation classifies 11 of Texas's universities as research universities with very high research activity (Tier One status): Rice University, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Tech University, University of Houston, University of North Texas, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at El Paso, University of Texas at Arlington, Baylor University, and University of Texas at San Antonio.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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- ^ Tribune, The Texas (2 February 2016). "Four Texas Colleges Reach Carnegie "Tier One" Status". texastribune.org.
- ^ Santana, Steven (2021-12-16). "UTSA becomes the first San Antonio university to earn prestigious ranking". mySA. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "Baylor University Earns Prestigious Research 1 Status from Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education". Media and Public Relations | Baylor University. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-17.