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.
The Act is described by the U.S. Government as a comprehensive bipartisan welfare reform plan that will dramatically change the nation's welfare system into one that requires work in exchange for time-limited assistance. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, August 9, 1996.