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| | Early Care and Education E-Update - Winter 2012/2013 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 1/25/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25633 | 25633 | Quarterly E-update. In this Winter 2012/2013 addition: Early Learning Fellows Update, Home Visiting Update, Wrap Up From NCSL 2012 Fall Forum, Budget Report Project, Acronyms – What Do All Those Letters Mean?, Welcome to our newest Staff Member, and a handful of topical resources. |
| | Child Care Early Education 2012 Legislative Action | Reports | 1/24/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25635 | 25635 | NCSL Report, Early Care and Education. Child Care and Early Education 2012 Legislative Action. During the 2012 legislative session, state lawmakers introduced more than 800 bills in 46 states to address issues relating to young children. In all, lawmakers enacted 92 bills on child care quality, licensing and costs; school readiness and kindergarten assessments, and early literacy development. |
| | Human Services Overview of the American Taxpayer Relief Act | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 1/9/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25696 | 25696 | Human Services Overview of the American Taxpayer Relief Act |
| | Child Care Early Education 2011 Legislative Action | Reports | 10/2/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25281 | 25281 | NCSL Report, Early Care and Education. Child Care and Early Education 2011 Legislative Action. During the 2011 legislative session, states continued to cope with the realities of decreased funding and budgets during an economic recovery. Despite economic conditions and reduced resources, however, states generally were able to maintain funding for early childhood services. State legislatures found innovative ways to increase availability and even new programs aimed at improving the accessibilit |
| | Early Care and Education E-Update – Fall 2012 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 9/21/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25258 | 25258 | Quarterly E-update. In this addition: A Closer Look at the Early Learning Fellows Program, Wrap Up From NCSL 2012 Legislative Summit, What’s New With Home Visiting, Acronyms – What Do All Those Letters Mean?, Resources of Interest |
| | [Fellows] Opportunities to Partner with the Private Sector in Early Learning | Multimedia | 8/10/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24820 | 24820 | A new Committee for Economic Development (CED) report highlights the business sector call for more high-quality early learning opportunities for children from birth to age 8 to reduce the achievement gap and strengthen the workforce for a better economy and global competition. |
| | Legislative Summit 2012 Human Services and Welfare Committee Sessions | Meetings | 8/6/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25186 | 25186 | NCSL Human Services and Welfare Committee agenda, handouts and presentations from Legislative Summit |
| | Food For Learning: Public Private Partnerships in the School Breakfast Program | Multimedia | 7/6/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24947 | 24947 | Food For Learning: Public Private Partnerships in the School Breakfast Program Webinar |
| | Investing in Families Through State Home Visiting Programs | Meetings | 6/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25020 | 25020 | June 28-29, 2012 in Hartford, CT legislators and staff met to discuss Home Visitation in a meeting entitled Investing in Families Through State Home Visiting Programs. |
| | NCSL's Early Care and Education Newsletter June 2012 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 6/19/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24755 | 24755 | June 2012 EUpdate, newsletter. Information includes: Legislative Summit, Highlights of the 2012 Legislative Session, Race to the Top Early Learning Update, Early Learning Fellows Program, Home Visiting Advisory Group Update, The State of Preschool 2011, Putting Children and Families First. |
| | [Fellows] Revolutionizing Early Childhood Teaching | Multimedia | 6/8/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24342 | 24342 | This 90 minute webinar will focus on Early Learning - specifically learning from Bob Pianta and his ideas around revolutionizing early childhood teacing. |
| | [Fellows] Expanding on the Science: Foundations of Early Childhood Development | Multimedia | 4/13/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24078 | 24078 | This 90 minute webinar will focus on Early Learning - specifically Expanding on the Science: Foundations of Early Childhood Development. |
| | Head Start: New Criteria and Timeline for Re-Competing Some Grants | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 4/10/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24584 | 24584 | Head Start: New Criteria and Timelines for Re-Competing Grants |
| | NCSL's Early Care and Education Newsletter February 2012 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 2/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24365 | 24365 | The February 2012 issue of our newsletter. Information includes: NCSL Early Learning Fellows Program, 2012 Introduced Legislation Early Childhodd Education and Care, Race to the Top Early Learning Update, LegisBrief: State Early Childhood Data Systems - Investing in Results for Young Children, Home Visiting Advisory Group Update, State Pre-K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status, Promote Access to Early, Regular and Comprehensive Screenings |
| | [Fellows] Best Practices in Early Learning from Other States | Multimedia | 2/10/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24032 | 24032 | This 90 minute webinar will focus on Early Learning - specifically looking at the best practices being implemented and used in other states. |
| | Early Care and Education Commonly Used Acronyms | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 1/25/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25416 | 25416 | Acronyms are common place in most legislatures. It is important to know what the letters mean and understand what they stand for. Here are some of the most commonly used acronyms related to Early Care and Education. You will find many of these acronyms used as you reference ages zero through eight. |
| | Child Care & Early Education 2010 Legislative Action | Reports | 1/19/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=24150 | 24150 | NCSL Report, Early Care and Education. Child Care and Early Education 2010 Legislative Action. |
| | NCSL's Early Care and Education Newsletter October 2011 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 10/12/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23685 | 23685 | The October 2011 issue of our newsletter. Information includes: NCSL Early Learning Fellow Opportunity, Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, Home Visiting Advisory Group Update, NCSL Releases Final Early Care and Education FY 2011 Budget Report, Final Pre-K Now Report Looks at Beginning with Pre-K, National Women's Law Center Report on State Child Care Assistance Policies: Losing Ground in Challenging Times, NCSL Legislative Summit Wrap-up. |
| | Legislative Summit 2011: Human Services and Welfare Committee Sessions | Meetings | 8/8/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23535 | 23535 | NCSL Human Services and Welfare Committee agenda, handouts and presentations from Legislative Summit |
| | NCSL's Early Care and Education Newsletter July 2011 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 7/27/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23303 | 23303 | The July 2011 issue of our newsletter. Information includes NCSL Home Visiting Meeting Summary, NCSL's Legislative Summit Preview, Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, New Resources and Publications and Legislation Highlights from Around the Country. |
| | Letter to HHS re: Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge | Letters/Testimony | 7/6/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23258 | 23258 | Letter to HHS re: Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge |
| | Webinar: What Legislators Need to Know about New Federal Home Visiting Funding | Multimedia | 3/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=22434 | 22434 | webinar on What Legislators Need to Know about New Federal Home Visiting Funding |
| | Early Childhood 101 Webinar | Multimedia | 1/28/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21935 | 21935 | A webinar for new legislators and committee chairs to get you up to speed on what other states on doing in early childhood policy |
| | Congress Recesses Without Completing Child Nutrition Reauthorization | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21562 | 21562 | Because of a disagreement over using a future reduction in SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits to pay for increased spending in federal child nutrition programs, the House of Representatives failed to enact legislation reauthorizing those programs before it left town on September 29th. |
| | NCSL's Early Care and Education Newsletter September 2010 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21411 | 21411 | The September issue of our newsletter. Includes, information on home visiting, early childhood advisory councils, information for new legislators, and links to new reports and upcoming events. |
| | Legislative Summit 2010: Human Services and Welfare Session Handouts and Presentations | Meetings | 8/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20924 | 20924 | Session handouts and powerpoint presentations from human services and welfare sessions at NCSL's 2010 Legislative Summit |
| | Child Nutrition Reauthorization Legislation | Reports | 6/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20593 | 20593 | On June 10, 2010, Representative George Miller (California), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, along with a bipartisan group of legislators, released the “Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act of 2010.” |
| | April 2010 E Update | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20001 | 20001 | April 2010 E Update |
| | Early Care and Education Legislative Action 2009 | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 3/31/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20090 | 20090 | A summary of enacted legislation from the 2009 legislative sessions. |