Lights on Afterschool events for after-school programs

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019

The Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence and AZ Town Hall will sponsor three statewide “Lights on Afterschool Future Leaders Town Halls” on October 24th. The town halls will be part of 8,000 such events across the country as part of “Lights On Afterschool,” the 20th annual nationwide celebration of after-school programs organized by the Afterschool Alliance. We tell you about new regulations in Arizona for after-school programs with Courtney Sullivan, executive director, Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence and Tara Jackson, president of Arizona Town Hall.

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