New York State Department of Public Instruction Office of the Superintendent Draft of Code of Public Instruction
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series consists of an apparently incomplete, unpublished draft of a revision of the Code of Public Instruction. It contains the "Consolidated School Law" of 1894, as amended, and other statutes relating to education in force in 1897; followed by several chapters explaining and interpreting aspects of the laws. Non-administrative or fiscal chapters titles include: Arbor Day; Blind; Compulsory Education; Deaf and Dumb; School Commissioners and Commissioner Districts; School Districts; Schoolhouses and Appendages; and School District Libraries and Librarians.
Title
- Draft of code of public instruction
Quantity
- 0.5 cubic feet
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Series Number
- A2009
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Arrangement
Organized into two parts: Part I. Texts of school laws. Part II. Chapters interpreting school laws.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of an apparently uncompleted and unpublished draft of a revision of the Code of Public Instruction. It contains the text of the "Consolidated School Law" of 1894 (Chapter 556), as amended, and of other general statutes relating to education, in force on August 1, 1897; followed by several chapters which explain and interpret specific aspects of the laws. The titles of these chapters include: Appeals; Arbor Day; Blind; Clerk of District; Collector; Compulsory Education; Deaf and Dumb; Fines and Penalties; Meetings; Reports; School Commissioners and Commissioner Districts; School Districts; School-Houses and Appendages; School District Libraries and Librarians; State Teachers' Library; State School Moneys; and State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Chapters I-IX are numbered and paginated. Beginning with Chapter X, pagination ceases and the pages are arranged in reverse order. The preparation and publication of the Code were authorized in 1895, and this draft follows the format of a previous Code of Public Instruction published in 1887.
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