NonPublic Educational Services Inc. history

In 1979 the Public Employees Federation became the collective bargaining agent for professional, scientific, and technical employees formerly represented by CSEA.

__________. "Development of the New York State Archives Program." The Bookmark [New York State Library], 39 (1981), 67-71.

The Department developed new LEP regulations and curriculum in 1982.

Commissioner Gordon Ambach brought the three streams of tests, standards, and school review and improvement into the Regents Action Plan to Improve Elementary and Secondary Education, approved in 1984.

Albany: 1985. (Contains a brief historical overview and a guide to local information sources.)

State-funded work place literacy programs have been functioning since 1987.

A major new statute in 1990 required proprietary schools to disclose and report their finances and programs, and contribute to a tuition reimbursement fund.

The federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 links state agencies, local schools, colleges, businesses, organizations, and unions in a major effort to achieve a "universal, high-quality school-to-work transition system."

Following a critical review by the Rockefeller Institute in 1995, newly-selected Commissioner Richard P. Mills committed the Department to developing an overall strategic plan to clarify the agency's mission and improve services to its many customers.

Concern that this structure insulates a BOCES from public scrutiny prompted legislation requiring the Commissioner, starting 1996, to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on BOCES finances and pupil performance.