
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
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.
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!
PEER, convened by ELC, is a national network of lawyers and organizers fighting for education equity in their states.
PFPS is a national campaign supported by ELC, SPLC and the SPLC Action Fund to fight private school vouchers through litigation, advocacy and research.
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.
Governor Murphy and the DOE must begin the process of aligning the state’s formula with current curricular standards through an in-depth review guided by school finance experts.
Amendments to the school funding law are needed to protect districts from unsustainable cuts, provide year-to-year predictability, and ensure districts can meet local funding obligations.
The budget puts school districts within reach of full state funding, but unexpected state aid cuts in some districts require a legislative fix for FY25.
ELC is proud to welcome three individuals whose nationally recognized work is indispensable in the pursuit of education justice.
A not-to-be-missed webinar co-sponsored by the Network for Public Education and ELC and featuring Diane Ravitch and Jessica Levin on Sept. 11 at 3:30 p.m. ET.