USE $500 MILLION IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY BONDS TO MAKE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL BUILDINGS SAFE TO REOPEN
Education Law Center is calling on Governor Phil Murphy and the State Legislature to utilize at least $500…
STATE SCHOOL REOPENING PLAN IGNORES NJ’S OVERCROWDED, UNSAFE SCHOOL FACILITIES
New Jersey’s plan for reopening the state’s public schools, “The Road Back: Restart and Recovery Plan for Education”…
NJ SUPREME COURT ANTICIPATES GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE WILL FUND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Newark, NJ – In an order issued today, the New Jersey Supreme Court has stepped aside to give…
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…