This is an historical study of the attempts to achieve racial balance in the public schools of Utica, New York between 1963 and 1975. The methodology of the study is basically historical and also uses participant observation. The overriding issue in the attempt to develop a racial balance plan was the controversy over forced busing. The study…

This report outlines the process and events related to the implementation of a new student bus transportation contract system for New York City schools and presents data on numbers of vehicles used, number of students transported, and costs. The revised system, which sought to attract new companies to the school bus transportation business, is…

Describes a procedure that establishes transportation contract service rates without the time and anguish of long meetings. (Author/MLF)

While the appearance of a school bus is important, it is often overlooked. The problem has been economically solved in one school district. (Author/MLF)

A majority of parents whose children attended segregated schools in a court-ordered integrated school system felt that mixed schools offer better educational opportunities than do segregated schools. (Author)

This report is based upon the responses to a survey of fifth through twelfth grade students. (AM)

Outlines five successful administrative practices to follow to prevent problems with school buses. (MD)

Reanalysis of a study re: the impact of bussing on student achievement constitutes the basis for a four-article debate on the statistical validity of the original study and that of its critic. (JC)

Lists several safety features for school buses and their approximate costs. School districts often miss out on these features if they operate under a low-bid-takes-all purchasing system. (Author/WM)

Text of a formal statement the author made before the Minnesota State Board of Education. He testified concerning the conversion of the South Carolina public school system from a dual to a unitary one. (DM)

The study is an attempt to measure attitudes of voters toward proposed busing of Negro children from urban areas tosuburban schools. Voters understanding of the issue could not be determined; therefore facts are not conclusive even though discrimination was a component. (JB)

Author is New York State's Commissioner of Education. (CB)