educ040.xml EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. NONPUBLIC EDUCATION COUNCIL: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Alex Kent. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Alex Kent, April 2009. Finding aid written in English OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Nonpublic Education Council. Records. 1970, 1974-1999. Materials in English. Records of this council (prior to 1987, the Nonpublic School Study Committee) established by the Commissioner of Education to form a better communication system between the Commissioner's Office and the state's nonpublic schools. Included are council minutes and agenda packets (1975-1999), subject files, documenting such topics as complaint procedures, a governor's committee and discussion group, and tuition tax credits (1970-1999), and files of a compulsory school attendance task force (1981-1987). 1.8 cu. ft. (2 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Education, Compulsory -- Minnesota. Educational law and legislation -- Minnesota. Education and state -- Minnesota. Private schools -- Minnesota. School attendance -- Minnesota. School choice -- Minnesota. Tuition tax credits -- Minnesota. Organizations: Minnesota. Dept. of Education. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Nonpublic Education Council. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 2007-43

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 006634594

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 103.K.10.13B Nonpublic School Study Committee: Meeting minutes and agenda packets, 1974-March 1987. Nonpublic Education Council: Meeting Minutes and Agenda Packets: August 1987-1999. 1987-1996. 12 folders. 103.K.10.14F 1997-1999. 3 folders. Governor's Legislative Committee for Nonpublic Schools, Interim Report, March 1981. 1 volume. Subject files: Coleman, James, et. al., Publications and Private Schools, 1981. Complaint procedure, 1998. Governor's Committee on Nonpublic Schools, 1979-1980. Governor's Discussion Group, 1986-1988. History of Nonpublic Committee, 1970, 1983. Meeting date schedules, 1990-1999. Nonpublic issues, 1998. Tuition tax credits, 1982-1985. Compulsory School Attendance Task Force: Minutes and agenda items, 1986-1987. 5 folders.

Established to study and make recommendations about various issues related to the compulsory attendance law; the members were appointed by the Commissioner of Education. Includes legislative data and correspondence; some background documents may predate the task force's years of existence.