NEARLY 200 NEW JERSEY DISTRICTS ARE $2.5 BILLION BELOW CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDING LEVEL
The number of New Jersey school districts funded below their constitutional level of “adequacy” rose to 193 in…
EDUCATION EXPERTS AND SCHOLARS: PROPOSED MINNESOTA CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THREATENS STUDENTS’ RIGHTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, prominent experts on constitutional law and education sent a letter to Minnesota legislators voicing…
ADVOCATES PRESS GOVERNOR MURPHY TO SAFEGUARD RIGHT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO COMPENSATORY EDUCATION IN THE PANDEMIC
On February 2, prominent special education advocates put New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on notice that the New…
ELC URGES GOVERNOR TO SEEK WAIVER OF FEDERAL TESTING MANDATES
Education Law Center is urging the administration of Governor Phil Murphy to apply for a waiver from federal…
STATE’S REFUSAL TO FUND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FORCES STUDENTS BACK TO COURT
Students enrolled in unsafe and dilapidated school buildings in New Jersey’s poor urban districts are again asking the…
STATE DISINVESTMENT AFTER GREAT RECESSION COST SCHOOLS NEARLY $600 BILLION, LED TO “LOST DECADE” FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public school funding in many states was deeply inequitable…
EDUCATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS URGE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT TO HEAR SCHOOL FUNDING CASE
Education Law Center and the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the…
SCHENECTADY SCHOOLCHILDREN GO TO COURT TO BLOCK 20% STATE AID CUT
Students in the Schenectady school district have taken legal action to prevent the State of New York from…
NEW JERSEY’S SCHOOL COUNSELOR CRUNCH
In the 2018-19 school year, 244,111 students in New Jersey did not have access to a school counselor,…
NJ REPORTS ALARMING INCREASE IN STUDENT SUSPENSIONS OVERALL AND AMONG BLACK STUDENTS
ELC Again Calls on NJDOE to Lead and Take Action The New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE) annual…