NCSL’s Children and Families program covers many issues typically grouped under the human services umbrella, including child support and family law, child welfare, early care and education, home visiting, hunger and nutrition, and welfare and poverty.

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State Legislatures Editor Julie Lays gathered a group of NCSL’s policy experts to make a list of emerging policy topics sure to generate legislative heat in the coming year.

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You can’t make this stuff up. Really. But that doesn’t mean it is unconstitutional.

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As 2016 begins, it’s a good time to look back at the higher education legislation enacted throughout the year. Several themes emerged in 2015 with states moving to create affordable structured pathways to boost the educational attainment of residents and meet the workforce demands of the modern economy.

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