New York State Senate Education Committee Subject Files Concerning State Financial Aid for Education
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Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
These files document Lois Wilson's work with education policy through the Task Force on Implementing Educational Reform; Commission
on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education (Fleischmann Commission, 1972); Task Force on State
Aid to Elementary and Secondary Schools; and the Temporary State Commission on the Distribution of State Aid to Local School
Districts. Included are reports; legal briefs, opinions, and decisions; statistics; written responses; pre-trial examinations;
and files on court cases including Levittown v. Nyquist.
Creator:
Title:
Subject files concerning state financial aid for education
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1973-1997
Series Number:
L0226
Administrative History
Lois Wilson had a long career in the field of education, working for both public and private sector institutions. Her positions
included assistant to the director, Assembly Office of Legislative Research (1960-1965); assistant director of studies for
the New York State Teachers Association/New York State United Teachers (1965-1973); deputy secretary to the governor (March
29, 1973 - December 31, 1974) and special assistant to the governor for education (January 1-July 24, 1975); special assistant
for education, State Budget Division, Education Unit (1975-1983); administrator of educational research for the State Education
Department (1983-1984); administrator for school finance services, N.Y.S. School Boards Association (1984-1988); vice president,
Educational Finance Services Division, MDI Associates (March 1988-January 1989); and director, Senate Education Committee
(1989-1997). She also served as a member of the Task Force on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women in New York State Government
(1973-1974).
Scope and Content Note
These subject files document Lois Wilson's work at a variety of positions with responsibility for education policy. Subjects
center around the topic of state financial aid to education. Included is material generated by or related to several task
forces on educational finance reform, including the New York State Task Force on Implementing Educational Reform (1989); New
York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education (Fleischmann Commission, 1972);
Task Force on State Aid to Elementary and Secondary Schools (1973); and the Temporary State Commission on the Distribution
of State Aid to Local School Districts (1988).
Material includes reports to and by the task forces; meeting files; legal briefs, opinions and decisions; fiscal statistics;
bill files; and written responses and examinations before trials.
There are files on several court cases related to school aid and funding, including Levittown v. Nyquist, a challenge to the
New York method of financing primary and secondary education on the grounds of violations of both the federal and state constitutions
(New York State Supreme Court 1976-1977, Appellate Court 1980-1982).
Related Material
14150 Levittown vs. Nyquist files, and
L0109 Public Hearing Files, contain additional records on the case of Levittown v. Nyquist.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
L0226-98: Folder list is available at the repository.
Acquisition Information
These records were donated to the New York State Archives by Lois Wilson in 2018.
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Detailed Description
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
|
Folder |
Accretion: L0226-18 |
|
Task Force on State Aid for Elementary and Secondary Education: 1973 State Aid Legislation (NAR bill) |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Task Force on State Aid for Elementary and Secondary Education: 1974 M. Wilson Legislative Policy Statements and Supplemental
Budgets
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
Task Force on State Aid for Elementary and Secondary Education: Proposals for 1974 Legislation |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Task Force on State Aid for Elementary and Secondary Education: Historical Perspective on Chapters 241 and 718 in the Laws
of 1974
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
Task Force on State Aid for Elementary and Secondary Education: Chapters 241 and 718 of 1974 |
1 |
|
5 |
|
Task Force on State Aid for Elementary and Secondary Education: Memos to Task Force from Dr. Arvid J. Burke and G. Howard
Gould
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
Memos by Staff in Division of Budget Education Unit, 1975-1983 |
1 |
|
7 |
|
State Education Department Reports Highlighting Disparities in New York State, 1985, 1988 |
1 |
|
8 |
|
Senator Donovan Presentation to President Bush as Representative from National Conference of State Legislatures, 1989 |
1 |
|
9 |
|
Senate Education Committee Material, 1989-1992 |
1 |
|
10 |
|
Senate Education Committee: Miscellaneous State and Reports, 1989-1997 |
1 |
|
11 |
|
Senate Education Committee: Copies of Interagency Collaboration, 1993 |
1 |
|
12 |
|
Senate Education Committee: Interagency Collaboration Reports, 1994-1997 |
1 |
|
13 |
|
Senate Education Committee: Additional Reports on Interagency Collaboration, 1994-1997 |
1 |
|
14 |
|
Senate Education Committee: Selected Reports, 1994 |
1 |
|
15 |
|
Senate Education Committee: 1997 Enactment of $750 Million School Aid Increase and 1997 Enactment of STAR School Property
Tax Relief
|
1 |
|
16 |
|
Joint Legislative Committee on School Financing Reports, 1961-1962 |
1 |
|
17 |
|
Task Force on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women in New York State Government, 1974 |
1 |
|
18 |
| 1976 October 7 |
Lois Wilson Testimony for Board of Education, Levittown Union Free School District and Board of Education, Rochester City
School District v. Ewald Nyquist, Commissioner of Education
|
2 |
|
1 |
| 1976 October 8 |
Lois Wilson Testimony for Board of Education, Levittown Union Free School District and Board of Education, Rochester City
School District v. Ewald Nyquist, Commissioner of Education
|
2 |
|
2 |
| 1984 |
Report on The Comparison Between Tactical and Strategic Computer Modeling Techniques in the Area of Public School Finance
A Case Study: The Implementation of a Cost-of-Education Index in New York State by Tanette Nguyen McCarty
|
2 |
3 |
|
Accretion: L0226-98 |
| 1898 September 19-20 |
Meeting Folder-Task Force on Implementing Education Reform |
1 |
1 |
| 1978 June 1 |
Task Force Meetings-Hurd Decision 11a.m. |
1 |
2 |
| 1976-1977 |
Levittown versus Nyquist (1 of 2) |
1 |
4 |
| 1976-1977 |
Levittown versus Nyquist (2 of 2) |
1 |
5 |
| 1978 June |
Supreme Court Decision |
1 |
6 |
| 1981 October |
Appelate Decision |
1 |
7 |
| 1982 May 10 |
Levittown: Oral Arguments-Court of Appeals |
1 |
8 |
| 1982 June 23 |
Levittown |
1 |
9 |
|
New York State Education Department |
1 |
10 |
| 1989 August 30 |
New York City Board of Examiners-2:30 p.m. |
1 |
11 |
| 1981 |
E&A-Hellerstein |
1 |
12 |
| 1984 May 9 |
Hamburg-Giffin versus Cuomo (1 of 2) |
1 |
13 |
| 1984 May 9 |
Hamburg-Giffin versus Cuomo (2 of 2) |
1 |
14 |
|
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance-Dumain versus Carey (Huntington) (1 of 2) |
1 |
15 |
|
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance-Dumain versus Carey (Huntington) (2 of 2) |
1 |
16 |
| 1993-1994 |
Income Verifications |
1 |
17 |
| 1990 |
Income Verifications |
1 |
18 |
|
Department of Taxation and Finance: 1982 New York State School District Income Date for Use in 1984-1985 School Aid Payments |
2 |
1 |
| 1983 October 4 |
1981 New York State School District Income Date for 1983-1984 Aid |
2 |
2 |
| 1983 May 12 |
Summary of current problems with the use of personal income in school aid formulas and options for alleviating such problems |
2 |
3 |
| 1982 March 22 |
1980 New York State School district income data for use in 1982-1983 Aid |
2 |
4 |
| 1982 March 26 |
Preliminary relationship between 1980 POP data and 1980 New York State tax returns |
2 |
5 |
| 1981 March 9 |
1979 School district income data for use in 1981-1982 school aid payments |
2 |
6 |
| 1980 February 13 |
Preliminary New York State 1978 gross income by district |
2 |
7 |
| 1979 September 17 |
Preliminary New York State 1978 gross income by district |
2 |
8 |
| 1979 March |
New York State 1977 gross income by school district |
2 |
9 |
|
New York State Department of Tax and Finance (1 of 2) |
2 |
10 |
|
New York State Department of Tax and Finance (2 of 2) |
2 |
11 |
|
1975 Task force on aid to education-report to Governor Carey (unpublished) |
2 |
12 |
| 1981-1982 |
Rubin task force (1 of 2) |
2 |
13 |
| 1981-1982 |
Rubin task force (2 of 2) |
2 |
14 |
|
Temporary State Commission 1988 Salearno |
2 |
15 |
| 1988 August 15 |
Meeting with Mr. Salearno |
2 |
16 |
| 1988 November |
Regional wealth Pecorale report |
2 |
17 |
| 1991 November 22 |
Meeting folder-Task Force |
2 |
18 |
| 1991 November |
Back-up materials regarding task force |
2 |
19 |
| 1991 |
Task force-Educational organization legislative proposals |
2 |
20 |
| 1991 October 24 |
Task force-Mailing to Diana, Jeff, Bob, and Sara |
2 |
21 |
|
Levittown versus Nyquist (1 of 3) |
2 |
22 |
|
Levittown versus Nyquist (2 of 3) |
2 |
23 |
|
Levittown versus Nyquist (3 of 3) |
2 |
24 |
| 1974 August |
Task force on equal employment opportunity for women in state government |
2 |
25 |
| 1974 January |
Preliminary proposal for 1974 Legislation |
2 |
26 |
| 1974 December |
Report of the 1973-1974 state aid task force: Historical perspective |
2 |
27 |
| 1974 June |
1974 Legislation on state aid for elementary and secondary schools-a summary |
2 |
28 |
