State of Alaska > DEED > TLS > Teacher Certification > Home. Teacher Certification. Teacher Education and Certification Office works with school districts and universities to grant educator certifications, approve teacher preparation programs, and administer teacher recognition programs.
On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law, fulfilling his campaign promise to âend welfare as we know it.â Twenty years later, it remains the center of a contentious debate over whether it helped, or hurt, the countryâs poorest single mothers and their children.
On March 7, 1994, Governor Wilson signed into law AB 971 (Ch 12/94, Jones) referred to as the Three Strikes and You're Out criminal sentencing measure. In November, the voters reaffirmed the measure by overwhelmingly approving Proposition 184, an initiative that is essentially identical to Chapter 12.