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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
JUDGE FINDS NJ HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE NEEDED ASSURANCE OF CONTINUED FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Judge’s report is the most recent development in a motion filed in February 2021 by ELC on behalf of plaintiff students in the landmark Abbott v. Burke school funding litigation.
NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD SCOTUS DECISION IN PEREZ V. STURGIS
The Court’s decision reverses the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to protect students with disabilities and ensure they are able to use civil rights remedies under IDEA.
STATEMENT FROM EDUCATION LAW CENTER ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAN ANTONIO V. RODRIGUEZ
ELC disagrees that there is no fundamental right to a public education under the U.S. Constitution and continues to believe the federal government, courts, and laws play an important role in fostering educational equity.
SCHOOL FUNDING EXPERTS MAKE THE CASE THAT MONEY MATTERS
ELC, ETS and LPI co-sponsored a webinar to highlight new research on the impact of investments in PK-12 public education. Access the recording and read the research summary.
NJ STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, NJDOE FAIL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
Promised review of high school graduation test ‘cut scores’ still missing even though nearly 100,000 high school juniors will take the exit test later this month.