Question

6. Increased student performance in education (K-12) is the direct result of the additional funds provided by the Federal government on an annual basis. 7. Under the social services safety net, Medicaid growth has been limited over the last 15 years despite an increase in recipients because of decreases in overall health care costs. 8. A major objective of the changes in funding that resulted in the Federal Temporary Aid for Needy Families program was to restrict states ability to provide for additional coverage and services for those in need 9. Transportation projects at the Federal, State and local level are rarely funded by user fees such as motor fuel taxes, motor vehicles registration fees, and highway taxes 10. Over the past twenty years, there has been a significant decrease in the amount of general obligations bonds used by the states for financing various capital projects.

True false

Answer 1

Answer 6 :-

False .

The K-12 funding system has only improved the percentage of children enrolled in schools as it is an attendance based funding system . This system does not provide any incentive for better performance.

Thus we can conclude that increasing federal funding on education has not been followed by similar gains in student achievement .

Answer 7 :-

False .

The Medicaid costs have been increasing substantially every year . The government is planning to form a intensive expanded healthcare programme to meet it's increasing costs .

Answer 8 :-

False

The main objective of TANF was to encourage states to spend on these programmes to receive additional assistance from the federal government as per the " Maintainence of Effort " requirement.

Answer 9 :-

True

Only a few states in the US charge toll taxes , there are no provisions of transportation projects funding through motor fuel tax , toll tax etc.

Answer 10 :-

True

The use of general obligation bonds have been declining from past few years due to tax law restructuring.