Federalism is the system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments; in the United States, both the national government and the state governments possess a large measure of sovereignty.
The Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program â or VPK â is a free prekindergarten program for 4-year-olds who reside in Florida and were born on or before Sept. 1 each year. For the 2017-2018 program year, children living in Florida must have been born between September 2, 2012 and September 1, 2013.
So the old recommendation of when to begin Pap smear testing has changed. This testing should start either at age 21 or three years after the start of sexual activity. (âPrematureâ Pap smears can pick up minimal changes that wonât result in cancer, but will cause concern and lead to extensive, unnecessary testing.). So, for a young teenager who is not sexually active, her first visit to a gynecologist need not include a Pap smear. But other important health issues should be addressed at this critical juncture between adolescence and adulthood.