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   California Measure punishes discrimination: The state Senate passes a measure, the Youth Equality Act, to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofits like the Boy Scouts of America for discriminating against adult participants on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identification. It would req...
posted 6/7/13 2:50 PM  read complete story

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   Colorado New funding effort hopes to attract tech industry: A new advanced industries acceleration program will support the development and commercialization of new products in specific industries. The grant program targets a range of industries from advanced manufacturing and bioscience to energy...
posted 5/24/13 2:07 PM  read complete story

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   Arizona Performance pilot projects funded: A new state law creates pilot projects in five public school districts and five charter schools to test performance funding. The project provides base funding of $6,500 per student in grades 1-7 and $7,500 per high school student. Half of that funding is...
posted 5/10/13 02:38 AM  read complete story

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   Alabama School safety bonds may be offered: New legislation would authorize the Alabama College & Public School Authority to issue up to $50 million in bonds to state school districts for K-12 school security enhancements, including locking and monitoring devices. The bond issue is one of many ...
posted 4/19/13 10:13 AM  read complete story

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   Kentucky Workforce program launched: Bridges to Opportunities is a program to educate and train minority and female workers for careers in construction. It features three tracks based on prior work experience: (1) experienced; (2) apprenticeship; and (3) semi-experienced. Additional information i...
posted 4/4/13 4:31 PM  read complete story

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   California New program eases higher education transitions: The new Associate Degree for Transfer program (http://www.adegreewithaguarantee.com/) guarantees a student admission to a California State U. after completing a special community college associate's degree. After completing the degree, the ...
posted 3/22/13 1:53 PM  read complete story

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   Alabama School security measure fails: Gov. Robert Bentle (R) vetoes a bill allowing a school district to set up volunteer security forces at schools. The governor says the measure doesn't includeenough specifics on training requirements for the security force members. The measure simply said volun...
posted 3/7/13 12:04 PM  read complete story

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   Colorado Plan continues child welfare improvements: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) offers Keeping Kids Safe & Families Healthy 2.0, the second phase of the state's child welfare plan. A new common practice approach is part of the plan. It would standardize child protective services at the county le...
posted 2/22/13 11:11 AM  read complete story

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   All States New program will improve children's health care participation: The Nat'l League of Cities will use a $3.25 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to launch the Cities Expanding Children's Access to Health  Care project. The initiative will help cities maximize the participation of un...
posted 2/6/13 3:11 PM  read complete story

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   Arkansas Major retailer aids health effort: Walmart provides funding and technical assistance for the Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative, a new effort to reward doctors and hospitals for giving patients high quality health care at an affordable cost. Walmart will serve on the APII advisory cou...
posted 1/25/13 1:44 PM  read complete story