Research


Scope and Content Note

This series contains the primary administrative and legal documentation on formation of central school districts and enlarged city school districts, annexations of districts, and subsequent reorganization of districts. Many of these records were used in the process of creating and revising the Master Plan of School District Reorganization, and in the process of revising consolidation plans in specific New York State school districts. These include plans and reports submitted to the Rapp Commission, a State legislative body charged with revising the Master Plan; records used in public hearings where the reorganization plans were presented; and correspondence with district officials regarding the size and boundaries of school districts within cities. Also included in the series is correspondence between bureau staff and members of Boards of Cooperative Education Services on the creation and operation of BOCES, as well as files submitted to the Bureau of School District Organization in support of applications to be designated an independent superintendency district.