Monthly Archives: January 1999

January 1999. A brief by Carolyn Boldiston. Over the last twenty-five years, the numbers of people that work and also care for children and parents have increased dramatically. To respond to this situation, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993 which finally required employers to provide leave to care for one's own serious health condition, including pregnancy, and to care for a new child or a seriously ill child, spouse or parent. While the FMLA protects an employee's job, seniority and [...]

January 1999. New from the Fiscal Policy Institute: this report sets forth and analyzed a plan for reforming New York State's system of financing its schools that covers the aid formula part of Justice's DeGrasse's requirements.  This plan was developed by FPI in an attempt to "operationalize" the Campaign for Fiscal Equity's "Statewide Fair Funding Principles for a Sound Basic Education." David Gaskell, Frank Mauro, Jennifer McCormick and Trudi Renwick wrote the report.