1) Leslie Brokaw talks with state Senator Charles Cook, Chairman of Special Commission on Rural Resources, about small rural schools, which are not able to give the same depth of education as available in larger communities. 2) Gerald Benjamin, legislator from Ulster county, comments that civil service positions not filled based on a merit system. 3) Interview with Gerald Freeborn, Deputy Education Commissioner, about the Board of Regent's Action Plan, new mandates and how it will affect education in the future.