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NY Board of Ed allows grandparents, other kin to serve on PTAs. (Board of Education in New York rules relatives can serve on parent-teacher associations)(Brief Article)
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Jet
| Date:
July 13, 1998
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The Board of Education in New York recently decided that students' relatives may serve on parent-teacher associations if they play a significant role in the children's lives and schooling.
The new policy, one of several amendments to the rule book governing parent associations written in 1950, was approved unanimously by a vote of 6-0.
Under the old rule, only parents and legal guardians-including grandparents with legal custody of their grandchildren-could...
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