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…
DISTRICTS PRESS APPEAL FOR ABBOTT K-12 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS
On January 13th, twenty-one Abbott school districts pressed their case to restore over $150 million in K–12 supplemental…
New Indicators Initiative to Track Abbott Progress
THE ABBOTT INDICATORS TRACKING PROGRESS, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES The Abbott rulings contain an unprecedented remedy to improve education in…
ABBOTT COURT RULING STRENGTHENS WHOLE SCHOOL REFORM
After directing the parties in the Abbott v. Burke case into mediation with Appellate Judge Philip Carchman, the…
LINKING FUNDING ADEQUACY TO EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT
LESSONS FROM NEW JERSEY In a presentation to the Alliance for Excellent Education on November 17th in Washington,…
2003-04 ABBOTT DISTRICT BUDGETS: CONTENTIOUS AND STILL NOT RESOLVED
Education Law Center (ELC) is closely monitoring the budgets of the Abbott districts for 2003-04. For the second…