-To create more schools the constitution of 1876 set aside funds from the sale public land.
-it also reserved other tea revenues for schools, including money raised from the poll taxes
-Beginning in 1884, a state superintendent of public instruction was elected, and counties were allowed to create their own school districts
-in the 1870s and 1880s several colleges and universities were created, including Texas A&M
and University of Texas and Austin

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