According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 7.8 million of 16 million troops who served in WWII received educational or vocational training from the GI Bill.

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One question this raises, the authors concede, is just how essential management education is indeed, the success of iconoclasts like Bill Gates might suggest that a lack of formal management training was a positive advantage in becoming a successful entrepreneur.

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The bill also would create a fund to pay for more law enforcement training to identify victims.

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The bill allows school districts to require "mental health first aid" training for school personnel and creates a task force to examine the state's mental health system.

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They concede that no self-regulating professional body for managers could possibly monopolise entry to the profession, given the long list of entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates who have created oodles of shareholder value without any formal training.

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He said the governor will "discuss further legal and legislative options, " including a bill to scrap state laws that require local school boards to undergo additional training before the state can intervene in districts.

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In an amended bill introduced in October, parents would be able to complete the program through an online training class.

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The private members' bill, sponsored by Labour MP Bill Tynan, will also make the noisiest fireworks illegal and impose stricter rules on the training of those who give professional displays.

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