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.
Drug testing ensures that welfare truly helps those in need. One of the most significant substantive accomplishments coming out of the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress was welfare reform. In 1996, Congress passedâand President Clinton signedâthe Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act.