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Title

Indian (Native American) student tuition aid files

Series Number

B1352

Summary

The series consists of tuition records and associated files concerning financial aid to Native American post-secondary students. The bulk of the records are student listings that typically show student name, reservation, home address, school, date of birth (sometimes), percentage of aid used, and grant amounts (by semester). Also include are administrative financial records of the Native American Unit, including budgets, state fund encumbrances, and financial program requests. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Native American Education Unit

Access Restrictions

Restricted under the Freedom of Information Law (personal privacy) and FERPA. The restrictions of non-directory student information under FERPA last for 100 years unless a student or parent has signed and filed a waiver allowing disclosure of the record.

Box 6 contains pre-redaction original documents containing restricted personal information (see Processing Statement below). Redacted photocopies have been substituted in place of the restricted originals (and annotated as such).

Title

Subject files concerning state financial aid for education

Series Number

L0226

Summary

These files document Lois Wilson's work with education policy through the Task Force on Implementing Educational Reform; Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education (Fleischmann Commission, 1972); Task Force on State Aid to Elementary and Secondary Schools; and the Temporary State Commission on the Distribution of State Aid to Local School Districts. Included are reports; legal briefs, opinions, and decisions; statistics; written responses; pre-trial examinations; and files on court cases including Levittown v. Nyquist.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Education Committee

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Education Department Commissioner's constitutional convention files

Series Number

B0464

Summary

This series documents the activities of Commisisoner James E. Allen in preparation for and during the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Records include correspondence; reports; press releases; pamphlets; clippings; testimony; and publications of the Board of Regents and the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. Correspondence and official position statements discuss impact of recent federal programs on education and local and state attempts to bolster existing state education infrastructure. Also included is a copy of the 1967 State Constitution.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.

Title

Johnson-O'Malley Act project files

Series Number

A0728

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, project reports, and state plan drafts concerning the education of New York State Indian children as mandated by the Johnson-O'Malley Act of 1934. Also present are correspondences showing the interaction between state and federal governments regarding the formulation of education policy.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Native American Education Unit

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.

Title

Indian education tuition and transportation files

Series Number

11748

Summary

These files document aid to school districts for expenses related to the education of Indian children living on reservations including operating and maintenance costs of reservation schools; off reservations tuition payments; and transportation costs. Documents include correspondence; memoranda; tuition aid calculation worksheets; contracts with school districts for the education and transportation of Indian children; annual budgets from reservation schools; and censuses of Indian students (including name, date of birth, sex, age, one parent's name) at school districts and reservation schools.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Educational Management Services

Title

New York State Senate public hearing files

Series Number

L0109

Summary

This series consists of hearing and testimony files from a variety of New York State Senate and Joint Legislative committees. Files included hearing agendas; written testimony; transcripts and audio tapes of hearings; newspaper clippings; press releases; and correspondence with citizens, private organizations, and local governments. Topics covered include the Medicaid fee system; health industry manpower shortages; water pollution; air pollution by automobile emissions; health care availability; health and hospital insurance; statewide school funding; services for the handicapped; and the teachers' retirement system.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Department of Public Instruction Office of the Superintendent incoming correspondence

Series Number

04340

Summary

This series consists mostly of correspondence and brief reports received from local school officials relating to educational matters of local concern. Topics include the election and authority of local school officials, apportionment of state funds, conduct of teachers' institutes, assessment of and disputes over school taxes, legality of actions by school officials, construction and use of school buildings, Indian students; student discipline; and various routine administrative activities.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.