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Welcome to Tom Sannicandro's Website
Massachusetts State Representative
7th Middlesex District |
FY07 Included a 29% Increase in
Chapter 70 Funding for Ashland, or $760,000 and a 24%
Increase for Framingham, or $2,100,000. Ashland and
Framingham received some of the highest increases of any
community in Massachusetts.
UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Delivering on a promise to provide high quality early
education to the Commonwealth’s children, House creates
the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program and
directs $4.6 million for pilot implementation grants in
FY’07 budget; the Legislature consolidated existing
education programs into a new and elevated Department of
Early Education and Care in 2004
COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
CHAPTER 139 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
FY’07 budget includes a $63.2 million, or 6.9%, increase
in spending on higher education; Total funding rises to
$979 million, with a $35 million increase for the
University of Massachusetts and $36.7 million more for
state and community colleges to decrease the so called
“funding gap” and to account for collective bargaining
agreements
INCLUSIVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES
CHAPTER 152 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Legislation affords good standing special education
students who fail to pass the MCAS test the opportunity
to walk with their peers in graduation ceremonies
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STATUS FOR SCHOOL NURSES
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Recognizing critical function school nurses serve on
daily basis, House gives public school nurses
professional teaching status, affording them the same
due process rights as teachers under the Education
Reform Act of 1993
FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
CHAPTER 107 OF THE ACTS OF 2005
Law allows Massachusetts to maximize state dollars by
leveraging federal funds for critical services provided
to children with autism; Medicaid waiver reimburses
state for 50% of costs associated with treating children
with disability more common than all childhood cancers,
muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes and cystic
fibrosis combined
ACCESS TO STUDENT RECORDS
CHAPTER 62 OF THE ACTS OF 2006
Brings Massachusetts in line with federal law by giving
non-custodial parents greater access to student records
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