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<P><UL><FONT SIZE="4"> The following information summarizes the history leading up to this action:</FONT SIZE="4">
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<P><BLOCKQUOTE>The Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 amended the teacher certification act to include school 
nurses.  The position of "school nurse" in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is now defined by statute.  Despite the 
fact that since June 1993 school nurse certification requirements are equal to, and in some areas even more rigorous 
than, those for teachers and 