WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FEDERAL COVID-19 FUNDS FOR NJ SCHOOLS
New Jersey is set to receive three rounds of federal emergency relief, totaling $4.3 billion, to address the…
NEW JERSEY MUST SCRAP STATE FUNDING CUTS IN HIGH NEED DISTRICTS
Proposed cuts to state funding in Governor Murphy’s FY2022 State Budget, if enacted, would violate a federal requirement…
NEW RESEARCH PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM
Sustained, multi-faceted, political campaigns, including litigation, are the recipe to secure new state investments in PK-12 education FOR…
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…
ELC URGES NY AND NJ TO ENSURE PUBLIC SCHOOLS KEEP MUCH-NEEDED CARES ACT FUNDS
States Must Inform Districts that Secretary DeVos’ Rule Diverting Emergency Funds to Private Schools Is Illegal In letters…
TRACKING STATE SCHOOL AID CUTS IN THE PANDEMIC
By Mary McKillip As the COVID-19 crisis extends into the 2020-21 school year, the full impact of the…
BETSY DEVOS JUST CROSSED ANOTHER LINE. SHE’S AN ONGOING DANGER TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
The following op ed by ELC Executive Director David Sciarra and Derek Black of the University of South…
ELC CALLS ON NJ TO JOIN STATES’ LAWSUIT TO STRIKE DOWN SECRETARY DEVOS’ ILLEGAL CARES ACT RULE
Education Law Center is calling on New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to join…
DISMANTLING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Education Law Center stands with the many individuals and organizations expressing sadness and outrage and demanding justice after…
CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED: STATES CANNOT PASS THE BUCK TO DISTRICTS AFTER CLOSING SCHOOLS
By David Sciarra Governors in every state have ordered school closures to stop the spread of COVID-19, many…