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Web Resources:

United States Supreme Court Decisions

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

Allows you to find a U. S. Supreme Court case by citation or case name

Alternative Site: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals (2^nd Circuit)

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/

NY is located within the 2^nd Circuit. Federal cases from NY would be appealed from a District Court to this  Court of Appeals.

Scroll down the page and click in to the 2^nd Circuit

On the 2^nd Circuit page, insert the month and year of the decision you are seeking.

Cases are listed by year, month, date of decision and alphabetically.

Alternative Site: http://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndcircuit/indexf.html

New York State Court of Appeals

http://www.law.cornell.edu/ny/ctap/

This is the highest court in New York State.

In the right side, click on to the year in which the decision was written

Cases are listed by date and party.

Alternative Site: http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?ny

(About middle of page, there is a link to most recent decisions of the New York State Court of Appeals)

United States Code

http://www.findlaw.com.casecode/uscodes

To find Federal Statutes. 

Search for statute either by citation or keyword search.

Alternative Site: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

Bills Before New York State Legislature

http://assembly.state.ny.us/

--Scroll down to “quick bill search”

–type bill number and click on”search

New York State

School Boards Association

http://www.nyssba.org

click on to “school board news” for legal issues, news stories, employee relations, commentary of Commissioner of Ed. decisions, etc.

National School Boards Association

http://www.nsba.org/

School Board News journal on-line, press releases, conference information.

New York State Dept. of Education

http://www.nysed.gov/

previews of regulations, on-line version of Vol. 33 -39 of Commissioner of Education Decisions, State review Office Decisions, Other Programs and Offices under NYSED press releases, hyper linked to archives, etc.

United States Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/

press releases,

access to research and resource materials

Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/index

press releases and publications from the Office of Civil Rights

New York State Council of School Superintendents

http://www.nyscoss.com

News Items and Legislative Agenda