The Struggle Over Public Education in Early America Timeline Part 3

By wird_o

  • John Orville Taylor Speaks at the New York Public Library

  • New York State Holds Its Third Constitutional Convention

  • Delegates at the Convention Vote to Submit a Provision for the Ratification as the Ninth Article of the State Constitution

  • Effort to Eliminate Rate-Bills

  • A Petition From Central New York Circulates

  • The Electorate Endorses the Free School Law

  • Annual Election

    (November)

  • The New York State Legislature Passed "An Act Establishing Free Schools Throughout the State"

  • The Citizens of New York State Vote in Favor of the Free School Law

  • Debate Over Taxes Looms Large

  • Henry D. Barto Files a Suit

    (July)

  • Legislators Call for Another November Referendum

  • The State's Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Henry Barto

  • New York Voters Reject Repeal of the Free School Law

  • Members of the New York Assembly's Committee on Colleges, Academies, and Common Schools Propose Two Different Bills to Replace the Free School Law

    (February)

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