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.
Passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996 marked the most far-reaching reform of the U.S. welfare system since the 1930s. Advocates for low-income groups, front-line service providers, and many policymakers expressed serious reservations about the legislation.