Freedom of Information Law – Access to SED Data, 1974-1977

State Education Department report, “Catalog of Information Elements in the New York State Education Department's Consolidated Data Base, 1973-74”; NYSUT memo noting usefulness of SED data, November 4, 1975; related memos; memo to district superintendents from SED counsel's office re new NYS Freedom of Information Law, September 12, 1977; NEA Office of General Counsel memo re Supreme Court decision in Goss v. Lopez case, protecting rights of public school students faced with suspension, February 13, 1975, memo to state and municipal agencies from NYS Committee on Public Access to Records re new regulations on public access to government records, with attached press release, November 15, 1974; New York Times article on abuse of electronic databanks