Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the files of the Advisory Council on School District Reorganization, a group appointed by the Commissioner to study and revise the "Master Plan for School District Reorganization." The beginning of the series consists of reports on studies initiated by NYSED by request of the advisory council. The first study details the number of central, union free, and common school districts in each county in New York. The remaining studies mostly deal with recommendations for the reorganization of groups of school districts, along with criteria to determine the size of an efficient school district, and notes on transportation problems likely to be encountered by reorganizations. The series also consists of subject files documenting the operations of the advisory council. Included are proposed schedules of public hearings to discuss the advisory council's recommended revisions to the Master Plan for School District Reorganization, as well as lists of changes in these recommendations due to feedback from the hearings. Also included are data on then-existing central school districts, including enrollments, maps, debt service, and transportation costs. Finally, the series contains files on information on New York counties used by the advisory council in the preparation of recommendations for changes in the master plan. Included in these files are lists of school districts within counties and maps of counties showing school district boundaries.