AID CUTS LOOM FOR STUDENTS IN 188 NJ DISTRICTS
Senate President Steve Sweeney has proposed changes to New Jersey’s school funding formula – the School Funding Reform…
STATEMENT FROM DAVID SCIARRA, EDUCATION LAW CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ON TODAY’S FILING IN LATINO ACTION NETWORK V. STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Education Law Center (ELC) fully supports the lawsuit filed today challenging the intense racial and socio-economic isolation of…
192 NJ DISTRICTS NOW SPENDING BELOW “T&E”
A new Education Law Center analysis shows that 192 New Jersey school districts, serving over 682,000 students, are…
TIME TO REPLENISH FUNDING FOR NEW JERSEY’S SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
All $2.9 billion in bond financing for school construction projects approved by the New Jersey Legislature in 2008…
NJDOE URGED TO RESCIND CHRISTIE-ERA GRADUATION RULES
Education Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of NJ are urging the NJ Department of Education…
GOVERNOR MURPHY BEGINS TO FILL THE SCHOOL FUNDING HOLE LEFT BY HIS PREDECESSOR
Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed education budget for FY19 is the first in eight years to distribute state aid…
REPORT: SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING DELAYS GROSS DENIAL OF JUSTICE
Governor Must Address System Breakdown New Jersey Special Education Practitioners (NJSEP) has sent a report to Governor Phil…
ABBOTT PRESCHOOL AT 20: BUILDING ON OUR SUCCESS
A conference hosted and sponsored by ETS on March 14 celebrated the success of New Jersey’s groundbreaking Abbott…
JERSEY CITY SCHOOLS ARE NOT OVERFUNDED
ELC Policy Brief Recommends Steps to Address Jersey City’s Below Adequacy School Budget A common misconception about Jersey…
2017 DATA SHOWS URGENT NEED TO CHANGE GRADUATION RULES
Recently released data from the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) shows that in 2017 over 60,000 high…