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ABOUT ELC
ELC is at the forefront of state-based efforts to improve school funding equity and secure essential resources for all students. Our strategies include litigation, policy development, capacity building, communications, data analysis and research.
Our work is based on the belief that all children deserve the opportunity to learn. Read More
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As a nonprofit organization, ELC relies on the generous contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations to support our work.
From Courthouse to Statehouse - and Back Again
ELC's groundbreaking study of four states demonstrates that sustained, multi-faceted, political campaigns, including litigation, are the recipe to secure new state investments in PK-12 education.
COVID-19 Related Compensatory Education for Students with Disabilities
ELC answers Frequently Asked Questions to assist parents whose children did not receive appropriate special education services during the pandemic. The deadline to raise these claims is September 1, 2023!
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Partnership for Equity & Education Rights (PEER)
PEER, convened by ELC, is a national network of lawyers and organizers fighting for education equity in their states.
Public Funds Public Schools
PFPS is a national campaign supported by ELC, SPLC and the SPLC Action Fund to fight private school vouchers through litigation, advocacy and research.
Abbott v. Burke
ELC represents over 300,000 low-income NJ schoolchildren in the Abbott v. Burke litigation. The Abbott decisions have been called the most important equal education rulings since Brown v. Board of Education.
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News Headlines
EXIT TESTING IS LOWERING NJ'S GRADUATION RATE
NJ’s official federal graduation rate, long one of the highest in the nation and a source of state pride, is declining.
ADVOCATES URGE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS TO ENSURE NYC COMPLIANCE WITH CLASS SIZE LAW
ELC, AQE and Class Size Matters alerted state officials to serious omissions in the City’s class size plan and recommended amendments to guarantee timely implementation of the law’s requirements.
FAITH LEADERS, EDUCATION ADVOCATES, AND PARENTS SEEK TO JOIN OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S LAWSUIT OPPOSING OPERATION OF A RELIGIOUS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
The organizations representing the plaintiffs – Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union, Education Law Center, and Freedom From Religion Foundation – released this statement.
WYOMING SUPREME COURT REJECTS STATE’S BID TO OVERTURN KEY RULING IN SCHOOL FUNDING LAWSUIT
The state sought to upend decades of Wyoming precedent, but the case will now proceed to trial.
IT IS TIME FOR NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE CHARTER SCHOOL TRANSITION AID
All school districts in New York State, except NYC, are eligible to receive transitional aid from the state to offset a portion of the cost of charter school growth.