NJDOE Directs Abbott Districts Not to File Instructional Improvement Plans
State Also Fails to Meet New Deadlines for Abbott Evaluation and Progress Benchmarks Just days before the February…
NJDOE MUST ADDRESS AUDIT DEFICIENCIES
MEETING NEEDS OF ABBOTT SCHOOL CHILDREN IS PARAMOUNT Newark, NJ — January 30, 2007 Education Law Center (ELC) today…
ABBOTT LEGISLATORS WANT OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO EVALUATE NJDOE
REJECT PROPOSAL FOR “SELF-EVALUATION” BY COMMISSIONER Newark NJ – December 11, 2006 Legislators representing Abbott school districts want…
REPORT FINDS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH STATE’S NEW DISTRICT MONITORING SYSTEM
The Institute on Education Law and Policy (IELP) at Rutgers-Newark recently released a report evaluating the 2006 pilot…
DISTRICTS CAN’T APPEAL SPECIAL ED COMPLIANCE ORDERS TO COMMISSIONER
Commissioner of Education Lucille Davy has flatly rejected the effort of Lenape Regional High School District to have…
NEW JERSEY LEADS NATION IN ADDRESSING “SCHOOL FACILITIES GAP” ABBOTT RULINGS SPARK SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION STATEWIDE
Newark, NJ, October 26, 2006 A national report released today in Washington D.C. highlights New Jersey’s success in…
ABBOTT CHIEF REFUSES PARENTS’ REQUEST TO ENFORCE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
NEWARK, October 11, 2006 — Parent leaders from Camden, Newark, and Jersey City were disappointed at the refusal…
GOVERNOR PROPOSES SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AND REFORM
Governor Jon Corzine’s School Construction Working Group released its third and final report on September 14th. The report…
ELC CALLS ON NJDOE TO REVISE STATUS REPORT ON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
In an August 31st letter to Acting Education Commissioner Lucille Davy, Education Law Center has raised serious concerns…
ELC OPPOSES U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF DECISION ON FEES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CASES
ELC has filed a brief opposing the request by a South Jersey school district that the United States…