WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FEDERAL COVID-19 FUNDS FOR NJ SCHOOLS
New Jersey is set to receive three rounds of federal emergency relief, totaling $4.3 billion, to address the…
NEW JERSEY MUST SCRAP STATE FUNDING CUTS IN HIGH NEED DISTRICTS
Proposed cuts to state funding in Governor Murphy’s FY2022 State Budget, if enacted, would violate a federal requirement…
WILL NEW JERSEY GET BACK ON TRACK TO FULL PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING?
Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed $600 million increase in education funding in the FY22 State Budget will put New…
$4 BILLION LOST: A DECADE OF DISINVESTMENT IN NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In the decade following the Great Recession, New Jersey public schools lost nearly $4 billion by not maintaining school funding on pace…
ELC STATEMENT ON SCHOOL FUNDING IN GOVERNOR MURPHY’S PROPOSED FY22 NJ STATE BUDGET
The following is a statement from Dr. Danielle Farrie, Education Law Center Research Director: We welcome Governor Murphy’s…
NEARLY 200 NEW JERSEY DISTRICTS ARE $2.5 BILLION BELOW CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDING LEVEL
The number of New Jersey school districts funded below their constitutional level of “adequacy” rose to 193 in…
STATEMENT FROM ELC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID SCIARRA ON SENATOR TERESA RUIZ’S BUDGET RESOLUTION TO INCREASE SCHOOL FUNDING BY $311 MILLION IN FY21
Education Law Center strongly supports the budget resolution recently introduced by Senator Teresa Ruiz, which provides an additional…
ELC TO NJ LEGISLATORS: GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED K-12 BUDGET WILL WIDEN INEQUITY
In testimony submitted to both the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee, Education Law…
GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FAILS NEW JERSEY’S AT-RISK STUDENTS
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the State of New Jersey owed $1.9 billion to districts funded below what’s needed…
GOVERNOR MURPHY TAKES $330 MILLION IN SCHOOL FUNDING OFF THE TABLE
Flat Funding and Aid Cuts Will Have Greatest Impact on New Jersey’s Poorest Districts In late May, Governor…