Box 46

March, 1979. Actions taken; press releases; letter from Chancellor Theodore M. Black to NYSUT president Tom Hobart re competency testing and certificates as alternatives to high school diplomas, with attached statements by Black; materials re proposed amendment regulating private schools

April, 1979. Actions taken; press releases; materials re proposed amendment regulating private schools; text of proposed regulations re competency testing and certificates as alternatives to high school diplomas

September, 1979. Actions taken; press releases; testimony for and against proposal to establish a Professional Practices Board and declare teaching legally a profession

September, 1979. Testimony as above

October, 1979. Memo from State Education Department and related text re proposed amendments to regulations re postsecondary institutions; materials re testing teacher competency, occupational education

May - September, 1979. Correspondence between NYSUT president Tom Hobart and Regents Chancellor Theodore M. Black re Regents actions in closed session, availability of materials for observers, October 1979; press releases; discussion items re sex education, action plan to reduce alcohol and drug abuse in the schools, health services, remedial instruction; handwritten notes

November, 1979. Actions taken; press releases; handwritten notes; report on classification standards, program services, and financing of education programs for children with handicapping conditions; legislative proposals re professional discipline; discussion item re teaching as a profession and teacher competence; first draft of “Federal Legislation and Education in New York State, 1980”