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Draft NYSUT statement re federal aid to education; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to NYS Commissioner of Education Ewald Nyquist re NYSUT position on federal aid, November 13, 1974; summary statement by Nyquist on behalf of several education organizations before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, May 22, 1973

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March 2, 1987. Minutes of January 5, 1987, meeting; agenda for March 2 meeting; ECB report, “Three-Way comparison: An Analysis of the 1987-88 School Aid Proposals,” February 1987

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January 6, 1986. Treasurer's statement; ECB statement/news release, “ECB Seeks to Recruit and Keep Good Teachers,” January 13, 1986; January 6 meeting agenda; minutes of December 2, 1985, meeting; ECB state aid proposal for 1986-87, January 1986; statistical tables re operating aid

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April 14, 1986. Treasurer's statement; letter to the editor of the Albany Times-Union from chair of ECB rebutting school funding editorial, March 7, 1986; charts, graphs, and statistical tables showing general financial support for public schools, 1985-66 and 1986-87 school years; newspaper clippings

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December 2, 1985. Detailed agenda; NYSSBA (New York State School Boards Association) draft legislative bulletin, “Regents Propose $679 Million Aid Increase”; draft background information on ECB proposal to raise 1986-87 state share of school expenditures to 46 percent

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February 27, 1986. ECB Draft #2, Recommendations to Improve Public School Teaching; comments on draft from New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc., February 11, 1986;

Scope and Contents November 4, 1985. Minutes of November 4 meeting; brochure by ECB, “Preliminary State Aid Proposal, 1986-87”; brochure by NYS PTA, “New York State Public Funds for Nonpublic Schools: The Real Story,” third edition, update 1984-85; policy statement by Committee for Education Funding, “The Effects of the Gramm Rudman Deficit Control Act on Education”; minutes of September 9 meeting with attached treasurer's statement and statement to Regents Legislative Conference by chair of Coalition for...

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September 9, 1985. Memo from ECB Subcommittee on Teacher Recommendations re suggested initiatives for recruitment and retention, November 4, 1985; meeting minutes; preliminary state aid proposal for 1986-87; remarks of Robert H. Koff, chairperson, New York State Educational Conference Board, at the Regents 1985 Legislative Conference; ECB special memo, “New York's School Aid Wealth Measures Expected to Underaid 75 Percent of the Districts in the 1985-86 School Year”

Scope and Contents August 12, 1985. Meeting agenda; memo from NYS School Boards Association re results of discussion on teacher improvements (preparation, recruitment, retention), August 20, 1985; “The Politics of Reform in Teacher Education: Beyond the Apple,” keynote address by Robert H. Koff, presented at the Conference on Teacher Preparation, sponsored by Connecticut Department of Education, June 16, 1985; confidential draft, “Goals for Educating Teachers as Professionals,” Interim Report #2, Holmes Group...

Scope and Contents August 26, 1987. Meeting agenda; ECB Background Report: State Aid Proposal 1987-88, December 11, 1986; Workbook on NYS Public School Aid Formulas for Education Writers Workshop of New York State ECB, December 11, 1986; Monroe County “Save Harmless” School Districts 1986 Yearbook, by Cooperative Organization for Public Education (COPE), A Coalition for Operating Aid Equality, presented at the Legislators’ Breakfast, December 6, 1986; position statement of the Association of Flat Grant School...