CFE Documents Submitted to the Court*  
Plaintiffs' Reply Brief to Defendants' Brief of July 11 Court of Appeals, August 15, 2006
Plaintiffs' Opening Brief to Court of Appeals Court of Appeals, June 6, 2006
Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendants' Letter of April 21 Court of Appeals, April 24, 2006

Plaintiffs' Appeal Letter to Court of Appeals
Plaintiffs' Preliminary Appeal Statement to Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals, April 18, 2006
Brief for Plaintiffs-Respondents Appellate Division, 1st Department
September 7, 2005
Plaintiffs' Reply Memorandum in Support of their Motion to Vacate Stay and Expedite Appeal Appellate Division, 1st Department
April 28, 2005
Plaintiffs' Motion to Vacate the Stay and Expedite the Appeal Appellate Division, 1st Department
April 19, 2005
Plaintiffs' Affirmation in Support of Motion to Vacate the Stay and Expedite the Appeal Appellate Division, 1st Department
April 28, 2005
Plaintiffs' Reply Order in Support of Their Proposed Order State Supreme Court
March 2, 2005
Plaintiffs' Proposed Order State Supreme Court
February 18, 2005
Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Confirm Report and Recommendations of the Judicial Referees State Supreme Court
January 10, 2005
Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Contempt State Supreme Court
January 10, 2005
Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Contempt State Supreme Court
December 16, 2004
Affidavit in Support of Motion for Contempt State Supreme Court
December 16, 2004
Plaintiffs' Proposed Order State Supreme Court
December 13, 2004
Affidavit in Support of Motion to Confirm Report of the Judicial Referees State Supreme Court
December 13, 2004
Stipulation and Order Concerning the Briefing Schedule State Supreme Court
December 13, 2004

Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

State Supreme Court
October 29, 2004

Statement of Robert Berne, Senior Vice President for Health and Professor of Public Policy and Financial Management at New York University
Berne Exhibit A; Berne Exhibit B; Berne Exhibit C
Transcript of Berne Testimony

State Supreme Court
October 21, 2004
Statement of Thomas Parrish, managing director in the Education and Human Development Program at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) State Supreme Court
October 15, 2004

Summary of Plaintiffs' Position on Accountability
Statement of Dr. Thomas Sobol, former Commissioner of Education in New York State (1987-1995)

State Supreme Court
October 13, 2004
Statement of Patricia Zedalis, consultant specializing in educational facilities planning
Zedalis Exhibit: New York State Aid to School Districts for Construction
State Supreme Court
October 13, 2004
Memorandum Concerning the Sound Basic Education Compliance Proposals State Supreme Court
September 1, 2004

Memorandum of Law Regarding Burden of Proof, Public Hearings, and Status of the City of New York
Executive Summary of CFE's Proposed Compliance Plan
New York Adequacy Study
Final Report of the Sound Basic Education Task Force
Educational Adequacy, Democracy, and the Courts, an overview of education adequacy litigation by Michael A. Rebell

State Supreme Court
August 12, 2004
State Documents Submitted to the Court*  
Defendants' Reply Brief to Plaintiffs' Reply Brief of August 15 Court of Appeals, August 25, 2006
Defendants' Reply Brief to Plaintiffs' Appeal Court of Appeals, July 11, 2006
Defendants' Reply Letter to Plaintiffs' Appeal Court of Appeals, April 21, 2006
Brief for Defendants Appellate Division, 1st Department
August 5, 2005

Defendants' Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Vacate Automatic Stay

Appellate Division, 1st Department
April 27, 2005
Defendants' Notice of Appeal Appellate Division, 1st Department
April 15, 2005
Defendants' Letter to Justice DeGrasse State Supreme Court
March 3, 2005
Defendants' Counter-Proposed Order (final corrected order) State Supreme Court
March 3, 2005
Defendants' Memorandum in Support of Counter-Proposed Order State Supreme Court
February 28, 2005
Defendants' Counter-Proposed Order State Supreme Court
February 28, 2005

Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Confirm the Judicial Referees' Report and Defendants’ Cross Motion to Confirm in Part, Reject in Part and Modify the Referees' Recommendations

Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Contempt

Exhibit 1; Exhibit 2; Exhibit 3; Exhibit 4; Exhibit 5; Exhibit 6

State Supreme Court
January 3, 2005

Attorney General's Letter to the Referees
Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Support of Defendants' Sound Basic Education Plan
Defendants' Memorandum of Law

State Supreme Court
October 29, 2004
Statement of Robert M. Palaich, Senior Partner, Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc.
Statement of John Cape, First Deputy Director, New York State Division of the Budget
State Supreme Court
October 7, 2004
Statement of Charles Foster, Chief Budget Examiner, Education Unit in the New York State Division of the Budget
Statement of Charles Szuberla, Coodinator for School Operations and Management Services, New York State Education Department
State Supreme Court
October 6, 2004
Statement of Chester Finn, Jr, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
State Supreme Court
October 1, 2004

Attorney General's Letter to the Referees
Memorandum in Support of Defendants' Sound Basic Education Plan
Defendants' Accountability Reform Chart

State Supreme Court
September 1, 2004

Attorney General's Letter to the Referees
Governor's State Education Reform Plan
Defendants' Memorandum of Law to the Referees Regarding Burden of Proof, Hearings and New York City Participation

State Supreme Court
August 12, 2004
City of New York's Documents Submitted to the Court*  
Letter from City of New York
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Memorandum of Law of the City of New York
Exhibits: (1) Order, City of New York (2) Affidavit Mark Page (3) Regulation of the Chancellor (4) Statement on Accountability
State Supreme Court
October 29, 2004
City of New York's Sound Basic Education Plan

State Supreme Court
August 25, 2004

Court Orders  
Court of Appeals' letter setting oral argument Court of Appeals, June 13, 2006
Court of Appeals' decision on expedited treatment of plaintiffs' April 18, 2006 appeal Court of Appeals, May 1, 2006
Appellate Divison, 1st Department Order Appellate Division, 1st Department March 23, 2006
Justice DeGrasse's Order on Convening of Public Hearing to Determine Referees' Fees State Supreme Court
April 11, 2005
Justice DeGrasse's Signed Order State Supreme Court
March 16, 2005
Justice DeGrasse's Order Confirming Report And Recommendations of the Judicial Referees State Supreme Court
February 14, 2005
Report And Recommendations of the Judicial Referees
State Supreme Court
November 30, 2004
Referees' Order State Supreme Court
September 21, 2004
Justice DeGrasse's Order Appointing Referees

State Supreme Court
August 3, 2004

CFE v. State Documents, 1995 - June 2003
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