Groups Support CFE as Amici Curiae

CFE is grateful for the support shown by the following groups and individuals who filed amici curiae briefs with the Appellate Court.

The Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Congressman Charles B. Rangel
State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
State Assemblymember James F. Brennan
Bronx Borough Presindent Fernando Ferrer
Public Advocate Mark Green
New York City Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi
New York City Council Speaker Peter F. Vallone
Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields
New York City Councilwoman Helen M. Marshall
Michael Bloomberg

The Least Restrictive Environment Coalition
Association for the Help of Retarded Children
Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation B.
Citizen's Committee for Children
The Cooke Center for Learning and Development
League for the Hard of Hearing
Learning Disabilities Association of New York City
Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Division
Long Island Advocates, Inc.
Metropolitan Parent Center
MFY Legal Services
New Alternatives for Children
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
New York Legal Assistance Group
Resources for Children with Special Needs

Midstate School Finance Consortium

New York State School Boards Association, Inc.
The New York State Association of School Business Officials
R.E.F.I.T.

Assemblyman Steven Sanders, Chairman, New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Education

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Alliance for Quality Education
American Jewish Committee
Citizen's Committee for Children
Claire Shulman, President of the Borough of Queens
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
New York City Club
New York Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
People for the American Way Foundation
PENCIL
Presbytery of New York City of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
Teachers Network
United Neighborhood Settlement Houses
Women's City Club

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
ASPIRA of New York
New York Immigration Coalition
Center for Constitutional Rights
New Immigrant Community Empowerment
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Center for Puerto Rican Studies
New York State Association for Bilingual Education
Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy, Inc.
South Asian Youth Action
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
Latin American Integration Center

New York State Small City School Districts

New York State Coalition of 853 Schools

United Federation of Teachers