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Facts In Action
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Inside
the State House:
State
Budget Finalized for Fiscal Year 2001
As
we go to print, legislators on Beacon Hill have just wrapped up
a legislative session and finalized a state budget for Fiscal Year
2001 (FY'01). Many
legislators
will be involved in campaigns through the end of the summer and into
the fall, leading up to Election Day on November 7.
In
the meantime, advocates can reflect on the accomplishments of the
1999-2000 legislative session, including:
- An
increase of $44.5 million in the overall state budget for early
education, including a 28% increase in funding for subsidies between
the FY'99 and the proposed FY'01 state budget;
- An
increase in subsidy reimbursement rates for early education providers
in Southeastern and Western Massachusetts in FY'00, and an additional
increase of $25 million statewide in the FY'01 state budget;
- Provisions
to provide affordable health care coverage to early education
providers, proposed in the FY'01 budget (which were later vetoed
by Governor Cellucci); and
- An
expansion of the state child and dependent care tax credit, and
a strengthening of the Massachusetts Department of Transitional
Assistance's notification requirements for welfare recipients
who are eligible for transitional child care subsidies - both
of which are provisions of the Affordable Child Care for Everyone
(ACE) bill.
For
more information:
contact Christine Johnson-Staub at (617) 695-0700 x229, or Public
Action for Child Care Today (PACCT) at (617) 547-1063 x234.
Facts in Action, August 2000
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Contact
your legislator to thank and congratulate him/her on the progress
made for children during the last legislative session.