{"number":"4b.8","body":"","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4b.8.1.1 Section ages\u0026nbsp;\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe age ranges for each section are:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ctable border=\u00221\u0022 cellspacing=\u00220\u0022 cellpadding=\u00220\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 style=\u0022border-collapse: collapse; width: 506px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr height=\u002222\u0022 style=\u0022height: 16.5pt;\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ctd class=\u0022xl63\u0022 width=\u002271\u0022 height=\u002222\u0022 style=\u0022height: 16.5pt; width: 81.0625px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESection\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd class=\u0022xl63\u0022 width=\u0022198\u0022 style=\u0022border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 197.797px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECore age range\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\n\u003Ctd class=\u0022xl63\u0022 width=\u0022104\u0022 style=\u0022border-left: none rgb(0, 0, 0); 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