State Assembly Standing Committee on Education incoming correspondence relating to proposed legislation
Series Number
L0129
Summary
Correspondence received by the Assembly Education Committee reflects public and professional opinion on proposed legislation. Most correspondence relates to state aid to education. Other topics include decentralization of New York City Schools, increased aid to handicapped education, implementation of a new health education curriculum with a sex education component, increased teacher retirement benefits, freezing of hospital and nursing home operating costs, teacher tenure issues, and financial assistance to non-public schools.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Education
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This series includes memoranda, correspondence, press releases, and reports, most of which were sent by the commissioner to Education Department administrators and staff members, members of the Board of Regents, local school officials, and state and national legislators. Series also contains Regents' statements and position papers, commissioner's statements, press releases, published reports, copies of legislation, and news clippings.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Education Department Commissioner's interim subject files
Series Number
B0444
Summary
This series consists of subject files maintained by Commissioners Ewald B. Nyquist and James E. Allen'. Included in these files are correspondence, reports, texts commissioner's decisions, and proposals related to desegregation orders. Also included are records documenting the creation of decentralized "demonstration" school districts in New York City and the impact on New York schools of federal legislation, particularly the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
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New York State Education Department Commissioner's Office Administrative Assistant's subject files
Series Number
B0471
Summary
This series contains correspondence, reports, press releases, pamphlets, and news clippings compiled by Administrative Assistant R. Pratt Krull. Topics documented include racial imbalance in schools; pending appeals to the commissioner; education-related legislation; and a test case for decentralization in New York City public schools. Files relating to the test case, Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District, discuss race relations, a 1968 teachers strike, and conditions and events in the district.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.