When Texas sold public land to private owners, it also retained ownership of the mineral rights on some of this land. These mineral rights would provide the funding for a. education. b. prisons. c. social welfare programs. d. transportation infrastructure.

When Texas sold public land to private owners, it also retained ownership of the mineral rights on some of this land. These mineral rights would provide the funding for a. education.

Explanation:

Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land or real estate, or intellectual property. Ownership involves multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different parties.

Mineral rights are property rights to exploit an area for the minerals it harbors. Mineral rights can be separate from property ownership.

Mineral rights can refer to sedentary minerals that do not move below the Earth's surface or fluid minerals such as oil or natural gas.

usually her father was the one that controlled it after the death of the husband

im going to go with b.