ADVOCATES DEMAND STATE FUNDING FOR LEAD REMEDIATION AND PLUMBING PROJECTS IN NEWARK
Education Law Center and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), working with the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) and…
PHILLIPSBURG HS NOW HOME TO 2000 STUDENTS IN STATE OF ART FACILITY
On September 8, 2,100 students in grade 9 through 12 were welcomed into the new, three-story, 326,000-square-foot Phillipsburg…
STATE RESPONDS TO ELC DEMAND FOR EMERGENT PROJECTS FUNDING
The NJ Department of Education (DOE) and Schools Development Authority (SDA) have responded to a demand by Education…
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION MUST TACKLE LEAD IN NEWARK SCHOOLS
SDA and DOE under Legal Mandate to Fund and Complete Emergency School Repairs Education Law Center today sent…
JUDGE FINDS FREEHOLD BOROUGH SCHOOLS ARE SEVERELY OVERCROWDED, RECOMMENDS ISSUING CONSTRUCTION BONDS
Final Decision Rests with Commissioner Hespe In a December 16 ruling, Administrative Law Judge Susan M. Scarola found…
FUNDS NEEDED TO REPLENISH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
November 2, 2015 In a letter sent last week, Education Law Center is calling on Attorney General John…
LATINO GROUPS URGE STATE TO SECURE FACILITIES FUNDS FOR FREEHOLD BOROUGH
The Freehold Borough School District has taken the bold and unprecedented step of filing a formal petition with…
NJDOE ORDERED TO UPDATE DISTRICTS’ SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANS
In a final decision issued January 13, Commissioner David Hespe affirmed that the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE)…
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…
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)…