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State Legislatures
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The National Magazine of Policy and Politics
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 StateStats: Legislators Want to Friend You
High school graduation rates are on the rise, especially among Hispanics and African-Americans. An estimated 78.2 percent of all students who were freshmen in 2006 received diplomas in 2010, a 6.5 point increase over 2001’s rate of 71.7 percent, according to a recent report by America’s Promise Alliance and other organizations. The increase is the most significant in 40 years. Hispanics showed a gain of more than 10 percentage points (61 percent to 71.4 percent), and the African-American rate improved seven percentage points (59.2 percent to 66.1 percent.)
The costs of dropping out are high—to the student, the states and the nation. Dropouts earn less, have fewer job opportunities, and are far more likely to spend their lives periodically unemployed, on government assistance, or cycling in and out of prison. State legislatures play critical roles in holding schools and districts accountable, setting expectations and raising public awareness of the problem. More
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 Find out of the location of this month's secret statehouse photo on our Then and Now page. More
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 Learn more about state film incentives and what producers know about maximizing their incentives.
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 More on the state role in regulating compounding pharmacies. More
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NCSL's StateConnect Directory
NCSL's StateConnect Directory is your state-of-the art, online connection to America’s state legislators created by the people who know state legislatures best …The National Conference of State Legislatures
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