ELC LEGAL ACTION PROMPTS NJ TO RELEASE NEW STATEWIDE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PLAN
Following an emergency meeting in late January, the Schools Development Authority (SDA) approved and released a new Statewide…
STATE’S REFUSAL TO SEEK FUNDING FOR FACILITIES PROJECTS PROMPTS ABBOTT COURT ACTION
Students in dilapidated and inadequate school buildings commenced legal action today, asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to…
ELC DEMANDS RELEASE OF FUNDING TO REMEDIATE LEAD IN NJ SCHOOLS’ WATER
Citing recent reports of as many as 480 public school buildings with lead in water delivery systems, Education…
NJ LEGISLATURE: GET TO WORK ON FACILITIES FUNDING FOR ALL DISTRICTS, NOT JUST VO-TECHS
As the Senate Education Committee holds a hearing on the procedures for approval of grant funds for facilities…
ELC PRESSES STATE TO COMPLY WITH ABBOTT v. BURKE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION MANDATE
Education Law Center is again requesting that the New Jersey Attorney General ensure the Schools Development Authority (SDA)…
INCREASE NJ SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FOR ALL DISTRICTS
Education Law Center has voiced strong opposition to New Jersey legislators about Assembly Bill 3902, legislation that would…
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…
SDA DISTRICTS LACK FACILITIES CAPACITY TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS
A school facilities needs assessment completed by the NJ Department of Education (DOE), found that two-thirds of SDA…
STATE REJECTS 95% OF EMERGENT REPAIRS IN SDA SCHOOL BUILDINGS
After taking nearly a year to review 429 applications for so-called “emergent” (urgently needed) facilities repairs submitted by…
TIME FOR STATE TO ADDRESS EMERGENT HEALTH AND SAFETY REPAIRS IN URBAN SCHOOLS
Almost six months since submitting lists of urgently needed facilities repair requests, urban school districts are still waiting…