| Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 054 | 0045CL-001 | Education | January-February 1981 | Agenda and minutes of the Connecticut State Board of Education; request reinstatement of professor; seeking employment; constituent opposes withdrawal from the New England Higher Education Compact; Ma |
| 054 | 0045CL-002 | Education | March-May 1981 | Creation of the Council on Education for Employment; concern about state and federal student loan programs under Reagan's budget; concerns about campus safety; concerns and questions about veterinary |
| 054 | 0045CL-003 | Education | June-September 1981 | Opposition to the Guaranteed Tax Base (GTB) equalization formula; problems with and questions about the Teachers' Retirement Board; protest light discipline for the GTB error; Governor describes his C |
| 054 | 0045CL-004 | Education | October-December 1981 | Governor supports Department of Education grant proposal to the Clark Foundation; suggest course requirements for secondary school students; concern about funding for state and federal student loan pr |
| 054 | 0045CL-005 | Education--GTB Error | 1981 | Town representatives, including government officials, school administrators and legislators, express outrage at error that drastically reduced grant funding for education. Governor sends standard resp |
| 054 | 0045CL-006 | Education--[Memos to/from] Commissioner | 1981 | Update on the Connecticut Master Plan for Vocational, Career and Adult Education; supports Governor's efforts to expand independent living opportunities for the disabled; closing East Hampton schools |
| 054 | 0045CL-007 | Education--[State] Aid to Disadvantaged Children | 1981 | Objections to State Board of Education's proposal to incorporate State Aid to Disadvantaged Children grant funds into the Guaranteed Tax Base grant. |
| 055 | 0045CL-008 | Education | January-March 1982 | Governor comments on Education Commission of the States' role in the federal budget process; Greater Hartford Building and Construction Trades Council Rehabilitation and Training Corp. wants to be inv |
| 055 | 0045CL-009 | Education | April-September 1982 | Concerns about impact of federal budget cuts on funding for student financial aid; urge Governor to support full education budget; school boards oppose proposed federal legislation giving tuition tax |
| 055 | 0045CL-010 | Education | October 1982 | Higher Education budget requests; parent alleges physical abuse of child by teacher; question about Teachers' Retirement Board; constituents express opinions on education in general; state comments on |
| 055 | 0045CL-011 | Education | November-December 1982 | Problem with student loan; President of the Greater New Haven State Technical College shares his concerns about job retention and job creation; school administrators and boards urge Governor to retain |
| 055 | 0045CL-012 | Education | 1983 | Governor describes state's high technology initiative; state comments about proposed federal rules changes; question about the Connecticut Scholastic Achievement Grant Program; Governor thanks institu |
| 055 | 0045CL-013 | Education--Memos to/from [Commissioner] | 1983 | Reasons why regulations are delayed; question whether State Board of Education has the authority to alter grant payments from the amounts specified in the special acts authorizing the grants; Acting C |
| 055 | 0045CL-014 | Education | 1984 | Local Board of Education requests full funding of the GTB grant program; actions taken by State Board of Education at last meeting; unemployed teacher criticizes Governor's proposal to offer grants to |
| 055 | 0045CL-015 | Education | 1985 | Constituents express opinions on education in general; Governor describes new education programs; constituent supports Governor's public education funding proposal; question about appointments to the |
| 055 | 0045CL-016 | Education | 1986 | Constituents express opinions on education in general; proposal for education program on Native American Culture; questions about teachers' retirement benefits; alleged illegal residence on Schaghtico |
| 055 | 0045CL-017 | Education | January-April 6, 1987 | Suggestion for funding physical education programs; concern about teachers' retirement benefits; teacher claims Educational Enhancement is not working in his town; students ask Governor questions abou |
| 056 | 0045CL-018 | Education | April 8-July 1987 | Committee on Training and Employment 's application for a federal Family Life Demonstration grant; petition urging Governor to defeat a proposed English Only bill; individual seeking employment; alleg |
| 056 | 0045CL-019 | Education | August-December 1987 | Announcement of Soviet Union-U.S. youth fitness exchange; questions about teachers' retirement benefits; individual seeking employment; concern about new financial plan for Division of Rehabilitation |
| 056 | 0045CL-020 | Education | January-February 1988 | Conflict with local school board over bus pick-up location; claims that free public education is unfair; constituent objects to commercial billboards displayed in school hallways (includes photographs |
| 056 | 0045CL-021 | Education | March 1988 | School systems support increased funding for Regional Educational Service Centers; constituents express opinions on education in general; minutes of a General Assembly Education Committee meeting; con |
| 056 | 0045CL-022 | Education | April 1988 | Individual offers his program on the Appalachian Trail to the schools; lists of 1988 Presidential Scholarship semifinalists; parent concerned about her son's teacher who displays witches in the room. |
| 056 | 0045CL-023 | Education | May-June 1988 | Student at a Catholic school asks Governor to direct the school to provide sex education; personnel issues; Governor describes state's efforts to recruit minority teachers for the vocational-technical |
| 056 | 0045CL-024 | Education | July-August 1988 | Concern about lack of federal funding for magnet school Follow Through program; report on intern at Governor's office; constituents express opinions on education in general; report on Connecticut care |
| 056 | 0045CL-025 | Education | September-October 1988 | Urge Governor not to reduce educational funding during budget cuts; minutes of Board of Directors meeting of Literacy Volunteers of America-Connecticut; company selling decals and bumper stickers for |
| 056 | 0045CL-026 | Education | November 1988 | Response to audit report; individual requests status of Social Security disability application; Governor describes services for blind and hearing impaired. |
| 056 | 0045CL-027 | Education | December 1988 | Bridgeport receives Annie E. Casey Foundation Innovation Grant to coordinate efforts to reduce drop-out rate, prevent teenage pregnancy and reduce joblessness; vocational student alleges harassment bu |
| 056 | 0045CL-028 | Education--Asbestos | 1988 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency describes new regulations for asbestos removal, suggestions for implementation, and offers technical assistance; Connecticut statutes as they relate to the Asbesto |
| 057 | 0045CL-029 | Education--Elementary Education Recognition Program | 1988 | Letters from Governor to school principals congratulating them on being selected by the U.S. Department of Education's recognition program. |
| 057 | 0045CL-030 | Education--Memos and reports to/from Commissioner | 1988 | Report on racial/ethnic equity and desegregation in Connecticut schools; collective bargaining contract with vocational teachers; National Education Association report; annual report of Department of |
| 057 | 0045CL-031 | Education | January-February 1989 | Invitation for Marilynn Cruz-Aponte to attend Hispanic Student Conference; parent alleges Hartford school system misuses funds for special education; Regional Vocational Technical School teachers have |
| 057 | 0045CL-032 | Education | March 1989 | Responses to audit reports; correspondence about and report on study How to Integrate Children with Disabilities into Neighborhood Public Schools by the Connecticut Developmental Disabilities Council; |
| 057 | 0045CL-033 | Education | April-August 1989 | Status of proposed construction of an educational institute by the Capitol Region Education Council; responses to audit reports; constituents urge Governor to retain education budget at current levels |
| 057 | 0045CL-034 | Education | September 1989 | Declaratory ruling regarding the scope of bargaining over time of location of continuing education units (CEUs); memoranda concerning vocational programs; press release announcing Governors new Health |
| 057 | 0045CL-035 | Education | October-November 1989 | Responses to audit reports; minutes of a meeting of the Institute for Community Research's Board of Directors; client does not meet criteria for rehabilitation services; question concerning student lo |
| 057 | 0045CL-036 | Education | December 1989 | School Building Project Priority List for 1989-90; Congresswoman from Rhode Island reports to Marilynn Cruz-Aponte on education issues passed in Congress. |
| 057 | 0045CL-037 | Education | January-February 1990 | Tashua School, Trumbull, nominated for National Elementary School Recognition program; responses to audit reports; Governor to co-sponsor the 5th New England Conference on School Issues; Mississippi G |
| 058 | 0045CL-038 | Education | March-April 1990 | Constituents urge state funding of non-public schools; concerns about campus safety; Governor supports New Haven application to RJR Nabisco for education reform funds; constituents opposed to budget c |
| 058 | 0045CL-039 | Education | May-August 1990 | Governor congratulates Connecticut winners of the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Awards and the Minority Graduate Fellowship award; constituents oppose Governor's education cost-shari |
| 058 | 0045CL-040 | Education | November-December 1990 | Chairman of State Board of Education sends Governor best wishes as he leaves office; responses to audit reports concerning community and technical colleges; children from McDonough School in Hartford |
| 058 | 0045CL-041 | Education--Memos to/from Commissioner | 1990 | Response to audit report; annual report of child nutrition programs; annual report of the Department of Education; report on Quality and Integrated Education (racial balance). |
| 058 | 0045CL-042 | [Education]--Board of Education and Services to the Blind | 1981 | Correspondence from director William Patton to the Department of Environmental Protection concerning access to the handicapped area at Harkness State Park. |
| 058 | 0045CL-043 | Education--[Board of Education and Services to the] Blind | 1986 | Long-range plan for Board. |
| 058 | 0045CL-044 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | 1987 | Board resolution opposing proposed changes to its function and structure; questions about stipends for guide dog users; family in crisis caring for blind and handicapped child; information about probl |
| 058 | 0045CL-045 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | January-June 1988 | Board defends its college support program; responses to article in Hartford Courant that was critical of the Board; second critical article in Courant and Board's response; clients complain about Voca |
| 058 | 0045CL-046 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | July-December 1988 | Clients complain about Vocational Rehabilitation Services being unresponsive; free radio programming provided for reading impaired persons by Connecticut Radio Information Service; letters praising wo |
| 058 | 0045CL-047 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | January-July 1989 | Statistics on blindness in Connecticut; clients complain about treatment by Board and its unresponsiveness; urge Governor to support budget for the Connecticut Institute for the Blind; press release a |
| 058 | 0045CL-048 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | August-September 1989 | Annual report; client continues to criticize Board for lack of response; recommendation for new executive director of the Board; letters from clients pleased with services of the Board; list of priori |
| 059 | 0045CL-049 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | October-December 1989 | Personnel issues; report of infestation at lunchroom run by blind; clients continue to criticize Board for lack of response. |
| 059 | 0045CL-050 | [Education--Board of Education and] Services to the Blind | 1990 | Constituents object to budget cuts; employees complain about inequities in personnel policies between the Board and the Department of Rehabilitative Services; Connecticut Institute for the Blind's dir |
| 059 | 0045CL-051 | Education--[Board] of Higher Education | 1981 | Press release about enrollment totals at higher education institutions; Governor notifies the U.S. Department of Education of the state's intention to participate in federal programs; concern about lo |
| 059 | 0045CL-052 | Education--[Board] of Higher Education--Contract Students | 1981 | Form letters urging Governor to increase grant funding for Contracted Students with Independent Colleges. |
| 059 | 0045CL-053 | Education--[Board] of Higher Education | 1982 | Governor thanks DeRoy Thomas for chairing the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education and the Economy; charges against Mohegan Community College's nursing program; University of New Have |
| 059 | 0045CL-054 | Education--[Board] of Higher Education--Reorganization | 1982 | Letters oppose passage of Senate Bill 620 (passed as P.A. 218) that restructures higher education; letters oppose closing University of Connecticut branches to provide more tax money to private insti |
| 059 | 0045CL-055 | Education--[Board] of Higher Education--Waterbury | 1982 | Letters oppose S.B. 620 that could close the Waterbury branch of the University of Connecticut. |
| 059 | 0045CL-056 | Education--Community [Technical] Colleges | 1982 | Waterbury State Technical College students petition Governor for funds to upgrade computer equipment for data technology facility; President of Technical College urges Governor to provide more funding |
| 059 | 0045CL-057 | Education--Community Colleges | 1983 | Housatonic Community College seeks downtown Bridgeport site; constituent questions motives of the Mohegan Community College displaced homemakers' program Technical Aides for Southeastern Connecticut. |
| 059 | 0045CL-058 | Education--Higher Education | January-June 1981 | Parking is security issue at Central Connecticut State College; students complain about massive cuts in Southern Connecticut State College's budget necessitating faculty layoffs and reduced programs; |
| 059 | 0045CL-059 | Education--Higher Education | July-December 1981 | Concerns about permanent location for Norwalk Community College; thanks to Governor for help in expediting sale of Annhurst College to Data General Corp.; Board of Trustees of State Colleges are assig |
| 059 | 0045CL-060 | Education--Higher Education | 1982 | Concerns about permanent location for Norwalk Community College; urge Governor to increase budget for community colleges; students concerned about ability to pay tuition; parent concerned about safet |
| 059 | 0045CL-061 | Education--Higher Education | 1984 | Students concerned about rumored closure of Housatonic Community College; concern about tuition increases; athletic facility needed at Southern Connecticut State University; concerns about permanent l |
| 059 | 0045CL-062 | Education--Higher Education | 1985 | Parent concerned that proposed tax cuts mean reduced funding for higher education; support for community college system; urge Governor to support Stamford branch of Norwalk Community College; concern |
| 060 | 0045CL-063 | Education--Higher Education | 1986 | Constituent questions why lottery funds no longer restricted to education; discrimination law suit; question concerning continuing education and evening programs in nursing. |
| 060 | 0045CL-064 | Education--Higher Education | 1987 | Alleged discrimination in admissions procedures; Governor designates TRIO day in Connecticut; request for information about non-traditional college programs in the state; response to audit report; NAA |
| 060 | 0045CL-065 | Education--Higher Education | January-June 1988 | Constituents concerned about licensing of New Hampshire College of New Haven and Commissioner Glasgow explains the decision to deny license; interest in training Egyptian students in engineering at Ha |
| 060 | 0045CL-066 | Education--Higher Education | August-December 1988 | Annual report of the Board for State Academic Awards; annual report of the Board of Governors for Higher Education; request information on financial aid; responses to audit reports; annual report of t |
| 060 | 0045CL-067 | [Education]--Higher Education | January-May 1989 | Students ask for assistance gaining admission to UConn Law School; responses to audit reports; lecturer protests his dismissal; urge Governor to continue to support higher education; charges of discri |
| 060 | 0045CL-068 | [Education]--Higher Education | June-December 1989 | Responses to audit reports; annual report of the Connecticut Community College System; request Governor's assistance gaining admission to UConn Law School; trouble encountered when trying to enroll in |
| 060 | 0045CL-069 | [Education]--Higher Education | 1990 | Response to audit report; annual report for the David T. Chase Free Enterprise Institute at Eastern Connecticut State University; grant proposal to the Education Commission for the States for funding |
| 060 | 0045CL-070 | [Education]--Teachers' Retirement Board | 1988 | Retired teachers demand better access to health insurance; annual report of the Board. |
| 060 | 0045CL-071 | [Education]--Teachers' Retirement [Board] | 1989 | Annual report of the Board; teacher appeals Board's decision to Governor. |
| 060 | 0045CL-072 | [Education]--Teachers' Retirement [Board] | 1990 | Question why the early retirement incentive offered state employees is not offered to teachers; annual report of the Board. |
| 060 | 0045CL-073 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | January-May 1981 | Concern about tenure system at UConn; staff seeking to aid minority student admission into UConn Medical School; allegation that university not meeting needs of disabled students; constituent requests |
| 060 | 0045CL-074 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | June-October 1981 | Students protest increased rental rates for apartments at the University; Director of Branford House accuses University of not supporting development of the center; collective bargaining negotiations; |
| 061 | 0045CL-075 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | November-December 1981 | Collective bargaining negotiations; parents and medical centers protest reduction in hours for Poison Center Hotline, which Governor states will resume 24-hour coverage shortly; complaint about lack o |
| 061 | 0045CL-076 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | January-May 1982 | Urge Governor to support funding for the Institute of Water Resources; oppose hazardous waste incinerator on the Storrs campus; Connecticut may step in if the federal government denies graduate studen |
| 061 | 0045CL-077 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | June-December 1982 | Urge Governor to support full funding for the University; constituent concerned about decline of School of Agriculture; protest increase in out-of-state tuition; annual report of the Multipurpose Arth |
| 061 | 0045CL-078 | [Education--University of Connecticut]--Branford House | 1982 | Urge Governor to help preserve Branford House (on the Avery Point Campus in Groton); suggest Branford House be put on the National Register of Historic Places; Governor accused of opposing nomination; |
| 061 | 0045CL-079 | [Education--University of Connecticut]--Draft Registration | 1983 | Oppose President DiBiaggio's position that financial aid will be given to students who do not register with Selective Service; DiBiaggio's statement of his position. |
| 061 | 0045CL-080 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | 1984 | Allegations of animal care violations and Governor reports that issues were resolved long ago; Disabled Students Organization complains to U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights; prote |
| 061 | 0045CL-081 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | 1985 | Concern about campus parking; students complain about quality of engineering and mathematics programs; parent complains about physical plant; protests of proposed closing of Torrington Branch. |
| 061 | 0045CL-082 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | 1986 | President John Casteen reports on possible joint programs with the University of Rouen in France; concern about pollution from the University landfill; procedure being developed to monitor faculty and |
| 061 | 0045CL-083 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | 1987 | Governor describes preservation of Branford House; alumna urges Governor to fund new sports center at Storrs campus; protest lack of funding for program at the Health Center; state representatives exp |
| 061 | 0045CL-084 | Education--U[niversity of] Conn[ecticut] | 1988 | Audit report. |
| 061 | 0045CL-085 | [Education]--U. S. Department of Education | 1984 | State education statistics; grant award notice; information on adult literacy programs; information about the Presidential Academic Fitness Award program. |
| 061 | 0045CL-086 | [Education]--U. S. Department of Education | 1985 | Information about grants for Client Assistance programs; Office for Civil Rights findings on the complaint by the Disabled Student Organization; list of Connecticut schools that won the Secondary Scho |
| 061 | 0045CL-087 | [Education]--U. S. Department of Education | 1986 | Connecticut Bilingual Vocational Technical Training Project receives and award for excellence; Governor's letter of support for a grant proposal by the Connecticut Division of Rehabilitation Services. |
| 061 | 0045CL-088 | [Education]--U. S. Department of Education | 1988 | State Assurances for Client Assistance Program grant applications. |
| 061 | 0045CL-089 | [Education]--U. S. Department of Education | 1990 | Final report of the National Commission on Drug-Free Schools. |
| 061 | 0045CL-090 | [Education]--Vocational Education | 1987 | Audit reports; Governor explains contract negotiations for vocational technical teachers; Manchester Vocational Education Advisory Committee expresses concern regarding de-emphasis on vocational educa |
| 061 | 0045CL-091 | [Education]--Vocational Rehabilitation | 1981 | Constituent claims disabled person should have been name Director of the Division; complaints by clients about their treatment by the Division. [Complaints bucked to Division for response.] |
| 061 | 0045CL-092 | [Education]--Vocational Rehabilitation | 1982 | Disabled veterans seek training assistance; complaints about clients' treatment by Division. |
| 061 | 0045CL-093 | [Education--Vocational Rehabilitation]--Client Assistance | 1984 | Information about implementing Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1984 and the requirement for each state to establish a Client Assistance Program by October 1, 1984; House of Representatives' Conferenc |
| 061 | 0045CL-094 | [Education]--Vocational Rehabilitation | January 1989 | Annual report of the Independent Living Council. |
| 062 | 0045CL-095 | [Education]--Vocational Rehabilitation | February-October 1989 | South Central Rehabilitation Corp. requests assistance of Barbara Gordon in obtaining Letter of Award for funding; client and agency experiencing trouble finding him employment; problem obtaining van |
| 062 | 0045CL-096 | [Education]--Vocational Rehabilitation Services | 1990 | Parents and clients object to the Order of Selection policy proposed by the agency in an attempt to cover its budget shortfall; request for increased funding for agency; brother needs help obtaining s |
| 062 | 0045CL-097 | [Education]--Vocational Rehabilitation Services--Client File | 1990 | Treatment records, psychological assessments, release records and correspondence, dating 1977-1988, related to one individual client of the agency. |
| 062 | 0045CL-098 | [Education]--Vocational Technical Schools | 1982 | Bonding request for Sikorsky Satellite for Platt Technical School is on the Commission's agenda; parent requests Governor's assistance in obtaining son's admission to technical school; concerns about |