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Minutes of Subcommittee on the Child Care and Development Block Grant; application by New York State for federal block grant, July 22; federal register rules for application for block grant; draft policy statement by New York State Board of Regents re parent partnerships in early childhood education, with notice of public hearings, May;

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September 16, 1991. Agenda; findings of the Subcommittee on "Seamless" Funding and Parent Access; findings of the Collaborative Structures Subcommittee

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January 29, 1992. Agenda; handwritten notes; newsletter; newspaper clippings; Collaborative Structures Subcommittee action plan for implementation of policy directions, January 2, 1992; list of changes in regulations governing school-age child care, 1991-92; draft legislation for Early Start program: A Proposal to Serve Infants and Toddlers with Disabling Conditions and Their Families; summary of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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May 29, 1991. List of pre-K programs funded by the NYS Education Department, by county

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April 15, 1991. List of Steering Committee members, affiliations, and contact information; list of members of the Subgroup on Collaborative Structures, April 15, 1991; summary of first meeting, March 14, 1991

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March 14, 1991. Description of purpose of committee; agenda; printed reports, "Early Childhood Services in New York State, volume II"; "Promoting the Development of Day Care Centers: Streamlining Licensing and Regulations," by NYS Office of Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance; "Expanding Early Childhood Services in New York State: A Report to the Governor and Legislature," submitted by the Task Force on Early Childhood Services, November 1988; related materials

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NAEYC Position Statement: A Conceptual Framework for Early Childhood Professional Development, adopted November 1993; summary of Core Body of Knowledge Symposium, held March 21, 1994

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Printed reports by U.S Department of Education: "Access to Early Childhood Programs for Children at Risk," May 1994; and "Pubic School Kindergarten Teachers' Views on Children's Readiness for School, September 1993

Scope and Contents Testimony by NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese before the NYS Assembly Committee on Higher Education and Committee on Education, "Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Teachers for the Classroom of Today," December 6, 1993; agenda of meeting of Training and Technical Assistance Subcommittee, December 16, 1993; minutes of November 30 meeting; timeline for plan development; outline for planning process; amendment to NYC Health Code re day care services, December 16; related correspondence;...

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Responses to critical articles in various newspapers