TOP 5 ISSUES FACING NJ PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 2015
2015 brings fresh challenges to New Jersey’s position as a national leader in preschool-12 public education. The most…
NJ LEGISLATURE MUST ACT TO REPLENISH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUND
In testimony before the Joint Committee on the Public Schools, Education Law Center Executive Director David Sciarra called…
NJ RURAL STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS PRESS LAWSUIT FOR FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
Trenton, NJ – Attorneys for students in 16 poor, rural, New Jersey school districts appeared before Superior Court…
NY AND NJ FAIR FUNDING LAWSUITS READY TO ADVANCE
Lawsuits brought by students in New York’s small cities school districts and New Jersey’s rural districts challenging unfair…
APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS AND CLARIFIES CHARTER CAMPUS RULES
In a decision issued November 12, a New Jersey Appeals Court upheld the NJ Department of Education’s (NJDOE) regulation allowing “successful” charter…
ELC PRESSES NJ TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE SPECIAL EDUCATION
Education Law Center is calling on a State task force to address several urgent barriers to improving delivery…
NJDOE FAILURE TO UPDATE SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANS VIOLATES LAW
In a decision issued October 17, Administrative Law Judge Ellen Bass ruled the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE)…
NJ COULD HAVE OVER 130 CHARTER SCHOOLS, NOT 87
ELC Calls on Legislature to Investigate Following the revelation by the Attorney General in a court hearing last…
NJDOE EFFORT TO BYPASS SAFEGUARDS IN CHARTER LAW CHALLENGED BEFORE APPEALS COURT
Education Law Center’s pending challenge to the NJ Department of Education’s (NJDOE) attempt to circumvent basic safeguards in…
NEWARK CONTINUES TO DELAY SERVICES TO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, PROMPTING STATE ACTION
October 6, 2014 Over two and half years after a court-ordered settlement, a July 2014 compliance report again…