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.
This exception relates specifically to the immigrant benefits restrictions in the 1996 welfare and immigration laws. Eligibility for Major Federal Benefit Programs Congress restricted eligibility even for many qualified immigrants by arbitrarily distinguishing between those who entered the U.S. before or âon or afterâ the date the law was enacted, August 22, 1996.