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AIDS, 1985-1987

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13

Scope and Contents

Informational brochures on AIDS; memo to AFT Executive Council from general counsel re policies adopted by Georgia and Florida requiring testing of teachers and students "suspected" of having been exposed, June 30, 1987, with attached state board resolutions; NYSUT memos re whether school districts can impose mandatory testing, 1985; draft NYSUT position paper on AIDS, April 14, 1986, with attached recommendations by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control; guidelines by NYS Department of Health for education of infected children, September 4, 1985; press release by NYS Education Department re admission to school of children with AIDS, September 4, 1985; AFT proposed policy statement, 10/29/85, with proposed changes; NEA guidelines for dealing with AIDS in schools, October 9, 1985; editorial from Wall Street Journal calling for routine testing, May 26, 1987; related newspaper clippings

Dates

  • 1985-1987

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

100.56 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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