Class Action Monitor Recommends Release of Newark Public Schools from “Child Find” Compliance Monitoring
Education Law Center is pleased to report that Newark Public Schools (NPS) has achieved substantial compliance with federal…
After ELC Intervention, NJ Will Provide Language Interpreters in all Cases at Office of Administrative Law
Parties No Longer Required to Bring Their Own Interpreters Translations of this Release are Available at the Bottom…
The Good, the Bad and the Missing: Education Funding in NJ’s FY25 State Budget
The FY25 State Budget marks a historic public education milestone for the state of New Jersey. The sixteen-year-old…
Some School Funding Cuts are Restored, But the NJ Legislature’s Work is Not Done
Last week Governor Phil Murphy signed two bills offering some support for school districts facing state aid reductions…
Approved Class Action Settlement Aims to Eliminate NJ Special Education Hearing Delays
On April 11, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey approved a class action…
The Time to Fix Special Education Funding in NJ is Now: New ELC Report Documents Disparities Resulting from Census-Based Funding
New Jersey’s school funding formula allocates resources for special education students using a census model that funds all…
ELC Urges NJ Legislators to Fund School Construction Program to Meet Extreme Need
At the request of the Joint Committee on the Public Schools, Education Law Center presented testimony on April 26…
ELC to the State of NJ: This is the How and Why of Reviewing the Current School Funding Formula
This is the first report in ELC’s A Roadmap for Improving New Jersey’s School Funding Formula series. To…
Statement from Danielle Farrie, Education Law Center Research Director, on Governor Murphy’s proposed FY25 NJ State Budget
We applaud Governor Murphy for proposing full state funding of the school funding formula in his FY25 State…
ELC “Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities” Publication Now Available in Spanish
Planificación de la transición de estudiantes con discapacidades conforme a la Ley Educativa para Personas con Discapacidad In…