RIGHTS OF ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS AND PARENTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND
Education Law Center has released a new fact sheet and flyer in English and other major languages about the rights of…
WILL NEW JERSEY GET BACK ON TRACK TO FULL PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING?
Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed $600 million increase in education funding in the FY22 State Budget will put New…
ELC ANALYSIS SHOWS SHARP DECLINE IN PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENTS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
NJ MUST STEP UP TO ADDRESS DELAYS IN EARLY EDUCATION April 26, 2021 A new Education Law Center…
NJ SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE APPROVES USE OF NON-ATTORNEY ADVOCATES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCEEDINGS
On April 14, in response to extensive public comments, the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized…
STATE BOARD SET TO RESTRICT HIGH SCHOOL TEST OPT OUTS
A last minute change to an assessment proposal pending before the NJ State Board of Education (State Board)…
NJ STILL NOT PROTECTING RIGHT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO COVID-19 RELATED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION
The New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) is still failing to safeguard the right of students with disabilities…
$4 BILLION LOST: A DECADE OF DISINVESTMENT IN NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In the decade following the Great Recession, New Jersey public schools lost nearly $4 billion by not maintaining school funding on pace…
ELC STATEMENT ON SCHOOL FUNDING IN GOVERNOR MURPHY’S PROPOSED FY22 NJ STATE BUDGET
The following is a statement from Dr. Danielle Farrie, Education Law Center Research Director: We welcome Governor Murphy’s…
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…
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…