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The organizations formed a 34-member Executive Committee and, with a $500,000 grant from the Council of State Governments, NCSL was bom.

Founded in 1933, The Council of State Governments is our nation's only organization serving all three branches of state government.

Coordination of state government efforts at reform should take place among the states through the Council of State Governments and the representative professional/trade associations.

* Medical licensing compacts are gaining traction and the Council of State Governments is devoting considerable energy to providing information on this initiative.

Also, the Council of State Governments' "School Discipline Consensus Report" presents a set of consensus-based and field-driven recommendations to improve conditions for learning for all students and educators, better support students with behavioral needs, improve police-schools partnerships, and keep students out of the juvenile justice system for minor offenses.

Fred Osher, director of health systems and services policy for the Council of State Governments Justice Center.

The White House honored 12 individuals at the "Children of Incarcerated Parents Champions of Change" event, reported the Council of State Governments Justice Center.

* The Council of State Governments, a region-based forum on public policy, expanded its lease at 100 Wall Street to 17,000 s/f.

The National Reentry Resource Center (www.nationalreentry resourcecenter.org) is a project of the Council of State Governments Justice Center providing education, training, and assistance to state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and corrections institutions that are dealing with prisoner re-entry issues.

Conference of Mayors, the Council of State Governments, the National Association of Counties, the International City/County Management Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures to host a briefing for congressional staff on the need to reallocate spectrum to public safety in order to build a nationwide public safety communications network.

In June, the Council of State Governments Justice Center's Justice Reinvestment Initiative reported that leaders in Ohio and North Carolina met to debate and enact legislation to reduce recidivism and boost confidence in public safety efforts.

The Council of State Governments has released A Survey of State Disability Policy 2010, which presents examples of state policy related to disabilities, a selection of state programs and initiatives, descriptions of select federal policy, and primary source documents.