Protecting Every Child’s Right to a high-quality public education

ELC works to ensure every child has access to a free public education that allows them to reach their highest potential. For more than 50 years, we have advanced the rights of public school students in New Jersey and across the nation through litigation, research and data analysis, policy advocacy, communications, and strategic partnerships and collaborations.

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Making the Grade

ELC’s Making the Grade: How Fair is School Funding in Your State? is a much anticipated, annual overview of the condition of school finance in the 50 states.

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Public Funds Public Schools

PFPS is a national campaign directed by ELC to oppose private school vouchers through litigation, advocacy, research, and communications.

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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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Tools for Parents and Advocates

Learn about laws, regulations and advocacy tools in our guides on special education, discipline, residency, homeless students, and bullying. For help with a specific issue, please visit our NJ Legal Assistance page.

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