Ratliff is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.S. Civil Engineering. Also he is a small business owners of a local civil engineering firm, Ratliff Group, LLC. He and his wife, Beccy have been married  for 27 years with 3 grown children. Hard Working Family Background Committee Assignment for 83rd Assignment: Appropriations, Public Education, Appropriations - S/C on Article III, Appropriations- S/C on Budget Transparency and Reform.