Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of applications submitted to NYSED by district superintendents of schools requesting approval for new services to be offered by Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) during school years 1976/77 - 1979/80. Shared services must be approved in advance by the department whether or not they are funded by the State. Although annual re-approval for continuing services is not included in this series, it does document the review process for new proposals. Each application file contains the following: proposal describing the service, target group, planning efforts, method of evaluation, rationale, and magnitude of the service; correspondence and memoranda between bureau staff and local officials in subject area or curriculum development offices. This correspondence often solicits comments on the proposed service from subject specialists; and approval/disapproval form giving reasons and conditions. Also filed before the proposals for each BOCES is a sheet summarizing new service proposal activity each year. This sheet lists the proposed services, dates received and returned, and departmental action taken.

The programs proposed in these applications include those related to multiply handicapped students, foreign language instruction, driver education, curriculum development, computer laboratories, arts education, gifted instruction, vocational education, and administrative data processing. Included are programs that send personnel to schools, as well as programs located at BOCES service centers.