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…
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…
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,…