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The NCSL Education Program tracks state legislative action on K-12 education, college and career readiness, higher education and adult learning. NCSL gathers and conducts research on education topics important to states, provides customized assistance for state legislatures, highlights education policy news and disseminates information on best practices relating to state and federal education issues. Contact NCSL staff for information about its work on these education issues or to arrange for customized technical assistance in your state, which can include briefings on state policy trends, in-depth research and meeting facilitation.

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Teacher and Principal Policy Toolkit

This policy toolkit provides a wide variety of resources around the recruitment, preparation and retention of educators as well as information on teacher shortages and preparation program terminology.
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Rapidly Expanding School Voucher Programs Pinch State Budgets

Vouchers and scholarship programs, which use taxpayer money to cover private school tuition, are part of the wider school choice movement that also includes charter schools and other alternatives to public schools. Funding the programs is a dilemma for state lawmakers that some budget experts fear will become more common nationwide as the costs of school choice measures mount across the states, reaching billions of dollars each year.

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State Legislatures News

Student Loan Debt Toolkit

Approximately 44 million Americans owe an outstanding student loan balance and nationally borrowers owe more than $1.7 trillion.
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