NYSUT Executive Committee Meeting, 1997

February 28, 1997. Agenda; President's Report; Report of the Secretary- Treasurer; financial statements; requests for affiliation; membership comparison as of January 31, 1997 vs. fiscal year end 1996; dues arrears as of FY ending 8/31/96; memo re proposed dues increase for 1997-98 and 1998-99, with NYSUT constitutional amendment; confidential document, "Possible Options for Cost Savings in Special Education Programs," February 28; handwritten outline of eulogy for Al Shanker; editorials on the death of Al Shanker; final report of NYSUT Ad Hoc Task Force on K-12 School Funding, with cover memo from committee chair; draft resolution, Policy Statement in Support of Accreditation of Schools of Education: The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 2/28/97, with cover memo from Antonia Cortese; memo from Cortese recommending against adoption of a resolution referred by the 1996 Representative Assembly re Standards of Achievement; nomination form for School-Related Personnel "Employee of the Year" for Tyrone Galimore, Greenburgh Eleven Federation of Teachers; Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the NYSUT Education and Learning Trust; list of best practices of NYSUT locals by Committee on Local Union Administration; equipment request; new position request, Rochester Building Superintendent; Division of Research & Educational Services Monthly Report, February