DISTRICTS AND ELC CHALLENGE ABBOTT RULES IN NJ SUPREME COURT
ELC RENEWS CALL FOR SPECIAL MASTER A group of Abbott districts and Education Law Center have filed an…
COMMISSIONER SECRETLY CHANGES ABBOTT RULES
MAKES SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS DISCRETIONARY NJ Education Commissioner William Librera has again revised the State’s Abbott rules, this time…
ELC CALLS ON COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE TIMELY BUDGET DECISIONS
ELC is urging the NJ Department of Education to issue final and complete decisions on Abbott district budgets…
DISTRICTS’ COURT WIN RESTORES OVER $90M IN SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS
ABBOTT SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS TOTAL $415.6M IN FY04 The Abbott districts’ successful legal challenge to NJ Department of Education…
COMMISSIONER URGED NOT TO CHANGE ABBOTT RULES
ELC CALLS PROPOSED ACTION “FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR” NJ Education Commissioner William Librera has announced he intends to revise the…
STATE BUDGET PROVIDES ONLY HALF OF PARITY FUNDING
SUBURBAN SCHOOL SPENDING TO RISE 6% ABBOTT FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN STILL UNFUNDED Education Law Center’s analysis of the Governor’s…
“REVERSE ROBIN HOOD” FUNDING SCHEME CHALLENGED
SCHOOL FUNDING: THE RIGHT FIX By Tom Jannarone, Consultant for Urban Affairs to the New Jersey Association of…
SUPREME COURT RESCINDS NJDOE CUTS TO ABBOTT BUDGETS
In an order issued March 18th, the NJ Supreme Court has directed the NJ Department of Education to…
SUPREME COURT FAST TRACKS DECISION ON ABBOTT BUDGETS
The Supreme Court has directed the Appellate Court to quickly decide whether the DOE violated a July 2003…
ABBOTT DISTRICTS WIN! NJDOE ORDERED TO RESTORE $124 MILLION FOR K-12 SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge Appeals Court has ruled the NJ Department of Education had no authority…