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Scope and Contents Description of S. 550, Tuition Tax Relief Act of 1981, prepared by U.S. Government Printing Office; Urban Institute research paper, "Tuition Tax Credits: The Policy Issues and an Analysis of District of Columbia Voting Patterns"; statement of Dorothy Shields, director, Department of Education, AFL-CIO, before the Senate Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Senate Finance Committee on the Tuition Tax Relief Act of 1981 (S. 550), June 4, 1981; NYEA/NEA Position Paper...

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Handwritten notes

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Handwritten notes; brochure by NYS Educational conference Board, "A Primer on Tuition Tax Credits"; copy of April 20, 1981, Newsweek, "Why Public Schools Are Flunking"; testimony of Gregory Humphrey, Director of Legislation, AFT, AFL-CIO, before the Task Force on Education and Employment of the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, February 24, 1983; National Coalition for Public Education Tuition Tax Credit Fact Sheet

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Fact sheets, brochure, article reprints

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Draft one-minute radio spot; Gallup poll summary press release, "Public Leans in Favor of 'Voucher Plan'," by George Gallup, December 18, 1980; first draft of Public Education Association position paper on tuition tax credits; article reprints

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"Tuition Tax Credits in a Nutshell," n.d.; talking points, May 18, 1982; paper by Brookings Institution, "Tuition Tax Credits: Where Would They Take Us? Should We Agree to Go?" October 22, 1981; strategy plans; Education Week sheet from Databank, "Catholic School Enrollment and Staffing 1982-83"; NYSUT Information Bulletins re tuition tax credits; press releases; correspondence; article reprints and newspaper clippings

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Letter from Toni Cortese to Teacher to Teacher chairpersons giving guidelines for letter writing campaign; rely forms indicating constituent organizations; copies of letters to legislators; handwritten notes

Scope and Contents Surveys of members, 1986 and 1995; NYSUT Special Report by secretary-treasurer, re support to UFT and from AFT, August 5, 1994; flyer re election of chapter leaders and delegates, 1988; spring conference speech by Sandra Feldman, president, UFT, May 7, 1988; correspondence between Cortese and president of Yorktown Heights BOCES staff association re potential job loss to pre-K special education teachers, November-December 1987; booklet. "All I Need Is a Chance," highlighting UFT projects,...

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Tentative agreement 5/6/94, as ratified by the Executive Board 5/24/94, "SBO Transfer and Staffing Plan," authorizing certain specialized schools to hire their own teachers; personnel memorandum No. 45, 1993-94, NYC Board of Education, re School-Based Option Transfer and Staffing Plan, May 19, 1994

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United Nations Association of the United States memo re U.N. in financial crisis, March 7, 1986; memo to Al Shanker from NYSUT vp Antonia Cortese reporting on meeting to pressure Congress to meet its financial obligations to the U.N., June 13, 1986; agenda and official meeting description