thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run, while perpetuating the handing out of jobs through the political patronage system, rather than a more
fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.
Leaders of the Committee for a
Fair Licensing Procedure in New York City have filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging that the demotion of many minority teachers for failure to pass the Educational
Testing Service's NTE (formerly the National Teachers Exam) violates federal
civil rights laws.