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Rates are lower for children eligible for free school meals and there is concern about persistent absence, which is pupils missing more than 10% of school sessions.

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He was eligible for reinstatement Nov. 11 but had been permitted to try out and sign with a team before that.

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Receiver Tutu Atwell is eligible to return from injured reserve next week.

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As a result, “all these funky little lots in the city of Seattle are eligible for nice little boutique apartment buildings,” said Van Leeuwen.

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The law will come into force unless a majority of participants, representing at least 20 percent of the 1.7 million eligible voters, rejects it.

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