This brief, based on a presentation by New York City Board of Education member Dr. Luis Reyes, describes the work and findings of the Latino Commission on Educational Reform, a special commission of the Board. In an effort to gather information for 1990-91 on Latino students in New York City schools, the Commission found that: Latino students account for different proportions of enrollment in each of the system's five boroughs; Latinos are segregated in schools whose students come from minority and low socioeconomic backgrounds; Latino students are likely to attend underachieving schools; 1 in 4 Latino ninth-graders did not complete high school 4 years later as of June 1991, showing a dropout rate that was 40 percent higher for Latinos than for all students; and by the time they arrive at high school the academic achievement of Latino students is already behind others. The greater part of this report consists of the recommendations of the five Committees of the Commission, which focused respectively on research and analysis of the Latino dropout crisis; curriculum and instruction; counseling and support services; parent and community empowerment; and factors affecting Latino students' achievement. A list of Commission members is included. (JB)