Beginning with an overview of problems springing from lack of coordination of federal, state, and local educational programs, this paper examines the current and proposed coordination of such programs across the nation and in New York State and New York City. It defines and makes a case for comprehensive school planning as a planning process interrelating every aspect of the educational system. The second half of the paper reports the results of a field study examining whether comprehensive school planning is currently practiced in schools in New York City. Findings indicate that some schools and districts have successfully begun comprehensive school planning but that program coordination in its most developed forms is rare. (Author/JM)