Carson Praises Bill Ensuring Medical Imaging Professionals Meet High Standards

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Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) issued the following statement upon the ceremonial signing of SB 330 into law today.

“I am pleased that SB 330 has been signed into law because it will benefit not only the medical imaging technicians across the State of New Hampshire, but also patients they are serving,” said Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry), the bill’s prime sponsor. “This bill ensures that medical imaging technicians attain an important high level of expertise in the field and are practicing the correct techniques and using appropriate safety precautions with every patient they examine. This new law will raise the bar and ensure New Hampshire consumers receive quality, safety and excellence in healthcare.”

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Senator Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry) speaks on behalf of her bill, SB 330, relative to licensure of medical imaging professionals and radiation therapists, during the ceremonial signing on Tuesday.

Senator Carson Visits Cotting School

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America’s First Day School for Children with Physical and Medical Challenges to Learning

On April 8, 2013, NH State Senator Sharon Carson met with constituent and student Jeremy M. of Londonderry during “Invite Your Legislator to Cotting School Day: A View Inside a Special Education School.’” Representative Carson joined 43 other legislators and their aides from New Hampshire and Massachusetts for classroom visits and a tour of Cotting School, which serves students with a broad spectrum of learning disabilities, communication impairments, physical challenges, and complex medical conditions.

Sen. Carson Named to Liberty Harbor Board of Trustees

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CONCORD – One of the state’s most innovative independent high schools has named Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, to its board of trustees. Liberty Harbor Academy, located in Manchester, made the announcement through its President and Dean

Dr. Julianne Cooper who called Carson, “an extremely valuable resource who will help us navigate state regulations and keep us informed regarding the top policy issues related to education in New Hampshire.”

Carson, a three-term Senate Republican, said she was extremely honored by the invitation to join the school’s board adding, “I care deeply about every child getting an education that works for them and sets them on a path for a great future. Liberty Harbor is innovative and has an approach that produces independent thinkers. I’m particularly impressed by the curriculum that stresses the classics, critical thinking and real world experience.”

Senator Sharon Carson works to save Londonderry and Auburn taxpayers $334,000

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Co-sponsors SB 40 correcting miscalculation in education funding aid formula

CONCORD – Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, made the most of the first voting day of the new legislative session by working to save taxpayers in Londonderry and Auburn over $334,000.  As co-sponsor of SB 40, Carson is seeking to correct a flaw in the state’s current education funding formula.  If left unfixed, the flaw would require taxpayers to make good on a $334,000 mistake created by an accounting error.  Following Carson’s lead, the Senate voted 23-0 to pass SB 40 and send it on to the House.

Stressing the need to act on SB 40, Sen. Carson said, “This bill restores much needed funding for the school systems in Londonderry and Auburn. If this error went uncorrected, we would have seen an increase in taxes to make up the difference or a cut in programs.  I am glad that the problem was quickly identified and that by supporting this bill, we can readily correct the problem.”

Carson noted the fix contained in SB 40 is rooted in the state education adequacy aid formula for 2012.  It includes a “hold harmless” clause that distributed a stabilization grant that ensured a district would receive the same amount of school funding aid as the previous year. Due to a miscalculation by the Department of Education, grants for seventy-seven cities and towns were in error.  Londonderry is owed $307,286 while Auburn is owed $27,235 for a total of $334,521.

Superintendent of the Londonderry School District, Nate Greenberg added, “We are very grateful to Sen. Carson for her leadership and quick action to address the calculation error in the Adequacy Formula for the 2012-13 school year. Her actions will have a twofold benefit for our School District and our taxpayers. First, if the error were uncorrected we would have had to reduce programs and services this year, since we would have been short $307,286 in revenue. In addition the amount of money we are projecting for a fund balance for the 2013-14 school year would have also been impacted having a negative impact on next year’s tax rate.”

 

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A unanimous roll call vote in the state Senate is usually 24-0 but one senator was missing today due to an excused absence so all unanimous vote counts were 23-0.

Senator Carson Host Alvrine Seniors and Senate Pages

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Sarah Jasper and Alex Tucci get front row seats for Session Day

CONCORD – Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, welcomed two Alvrine High School seniors to the Senate Chamber on Thursday. Sarah Jasper and Alex Tucci, both of Hudson, served as pages on Session Day which afforded them a front row seat on the legislative process. The students were kept particularly busy assisting with floor amendments.

Commenting on the opportunity students have to serve as pages, Carson said, “Throughout the year, we have young people from all across the state participate in our Page Program so you can imagine how happy I was to host two students from my district. Sarah and Alex are both really interested in politics so I think they truly enjoyed watching how the Senate goes about conducting its business on the floor by debating bills, then either voting on them, tabling them or sending them back for further study. I think a day with the Senate is a great civics lesson

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Please see attached courtesy photo. Suggested caption: Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, welcomes Alvrine High School students Sarah Jasper and Alex Tucci to the Senate Chamber. The seniors from Hudson served as Senate pages for the day on May 9th