Conference of Large City Boards of Education records,
- Author:
- Conference of Large City Boards of Education.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-083 local
- Abstract:
- The materials in the Conference of Large City Boards of Education collection are from the files of the Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education kept by Eugene C. Samter, the Executive Director of the Conference. The collection includes correspondence, research materials and data, meeting information, and some interim reports and drafts of reports of the Special Task Force. Some reports and data are included with the correspondence. Topics covered include school vouchers, regionalism in education, the correlation between class size and student achievement, special needs students, and other issues related to education policy. Also included is Samter's testimony from the 1976 Levittown vs. Nyquist case argued before the New York State Supreme Court. The School Finance Reform folders include news clippings and research materials from school finance reform movements in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and California, including the landmark Serrano vs. Priest case from California challenging the how schools in the state were financed. The collection is particularly strong in documenting research materials, but it does not cover the administration, operation, and final report of the Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education closely. 1978-81.
- Historical Note:
- The Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education was appointed as part of the Conference of Large City Boards of Education of New York State in 1978. Governor Hugh Carey appointed the Task Force to investigate school finance reform after the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the system of state school financing at the time was unconstitutional in the Levittown vs. Nyquist case. Eugene C. Samter was the Executive Director of the Conference of Large City Boards of Education when the Task Force was appointed, compiling data, and publishing research in several reports. The materials in the collection are the files retained by Samter.
- Physical Description:
- 1.0 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Public schools New York (State), Education New York (State) Finance, Education Finance, and Public schools
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat and Reports. aat
- Names:
- Carey, Hugh L, Samter, Eugene C, and Carey, Hugh L
- Corporate Names:
- New York State Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education and New York State Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State)
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