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Scope and Contents Regents Task Force on Tuition Tax Credits Background Materials: Preliminary Report, December 7, 1982; Working Papers in Educational Policy, No. 1: “Tuition Tax Relief: Aid for Non-Public Schools Revisited,” Center for Educational Research and Policy Studies, June 1981; “Selected Articles on Tuition Tax Credits, Pro and Con,” (no date)., including articles by Albert Shanker, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Sen. Ernest Hollings, Bayard Rustin, Gus Tyler; text of Senate bill (S. 550) to provide a...

Scope and Contents Materials by Pensacola Christian College book publisher Beka Book Publications; report to the National Center for Educational Statistics by National Opinion Research Center, “Summary of Major Findings for Public and Private Schools,” March 1981; discussion paper distributed by the Council for Educational Development and Research, “Irrelevant Social Facts? A Brief Critique of the Usefulness of the ‘Private and Public Schools’ Report for the Tuition Tax Debate,” prepared by James M....

Scope and Contents Booklet by New York State Educational Conference Board, “A Primer on Tuition Tax Credits,” with attached cover letter from NYSUT Vice President Antonia Cortese recommending it to Board of Directors, June 7, 1983; NYSUT special order resolution opposing tuition tax credits, April 1985; New York State School Boards Association legislative memo and bulletin opposing tuition tax credits, May 1985; NYSUT fact sheet: “Some Facts regarding Tax Benefits to Parents of Nonpublic School Students in New...

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Memos and packets for lobbying campaign against bill, including article reprints, call sheets listing congressional aides; related materials

Scope and Contents List of members of Tuition Tax Credit Task Force; letters from Republican state senators Frank Padavan and Michael Tully in response to letter re tuition tax credit legislation, with cover letter from Great Neck Teachers Association to NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese, April 30, 1985; resolution by NYSUT opposing tuition tax credits; statement by Albert Shanker, president, United Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers, before a legislative hearing of the NYS Senate...

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Brochure, “Tuition Tax Credits: Writing to Your Legislators Is Not a Waste of Time!” and related flyers; NYSUT memo, Cost of Senator Marchi Tuition Tax Credit Bill, April 16, 1985; unsigned speech for NEA of New York, March 18, 1985; related materials

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Materials against using public funds for non-public schools

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Correspondence; memos by several groups in opposition to proposed legislation by state senator John Marchi

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NYS Department of Labor report, “Local Governments Coverage under the NYS Unemployment Insurance” (reprinted by NYSUT), September 1977; monthly legislative report by Public Employee Department, AFL-CIO, September 1977; magazine clipping

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Minutes of December 8, 1981 meeting, summary of Appellate Division's Decision in Levittown v. Nyquist, October 30, 1981; spreadsheet of aid formula simulations; memo to members of NYS Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education; printed booklet, “Security in the Schools”; handwritten notes