Seeking to make sure that detailed records of Mayor Bloomberg’s management of the schools do not end up being transferred or destroyed, the UFT has filed a Freedom of Information Law request for a wide range of documents and emails produced by his administration.

The union requested documents on topics that include selection of Common Core curricula, special education reforms, placement of high-needs students, decisions on closing or co-locating schools, creation of the Absent Teacher Reserve and dollar allocations to charter schools.

The records request, filed on Dec. 23, became necessary following media reports that the DOE might destroy documents.

“Mayor Bloomberg’s final weeks in office have been dedicated to bolstering his legacy, often with little regard for the facts,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew said in a statement. “The new administration needs accurate information — not a whitewashed history of the last 12 years — if they are to rebuild the New York City public school system.”

State regulations require the preservation of documents while requests for them are pending.

The UFT’s request noted that if the Bloomberg administration succeeded in obliterating its public record, that would “allow for mayoral control without mayoral accountability.”

“The UFT has discovered that, prior to the advent of mayoral control, the DOE routinely transferred its records to the city Department of Records for historical preservation,” the request stated. “This sudden shift from a policy of preservation and transparency to one of document destruction betrays the administration’s distrust of public participation and scrutiny of its policymaking.”