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…
TARGETING FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS TO NJ DISTRICTS SEGREGATED BY POVERTY AND RACE
ELC Calls on All States to Drive More Federal Funds to High Need Districts June 15, 2020 On May 22, Governor Phil…
ELC ASKS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DIRECT NJDOE TO REJECT SECRETARY DEVOS’ ILLEGAL GUIDANCE ON CARES ACT FUNDS
In a June 3 letter, Education Law Center calls on New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal to …
NEW JERSEY MUST REJECT EDUCATION SECRETARY DEVOS’ ADVICE TO GIVE EMERGENCY COVID-19 FUNDS EVEN TO WEALTHY PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Education Law Center is urging New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to firmly reject a non-binding directive from U.S….
ELC CALLS ON NJ TO USE CARES ACT FUNDS TO END DIGITAL DIVIDE AND ADDRESS EDUCATION INEQUITIES
Education Law Center is urging New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to promptly issue guidance to local school districts…
NEW JERSEY OWES $1.6 BILLION TO 187 CONSTITUTIONALLY UNDERFUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ELC Proposes Five-Year Plan to Close the Statewide Adequacy Gap The number of New Jersey school districts funded…
NEW JERSEY’S UNFINISHED BUSINESS: ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
By Danielle Farrie In 2009, when the New Jersey Supreme Court signed-off on the constitutionality of the State’s…
NJ LEGISLATORS POISED TO SEND MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE UNDERFUNDED BY $2 BILLION
A bill sponsored by NJ Assemblyman Gary Shaer (D-Bergen and Passaic) and set for a full Assembly vote…
LIFTING TAX CAP FAILS TO DELIVER ADEQUATE FUNDING TO NJ DISTRICTS FACING STATE AID CUTS
The New Jersey State Senate is considering a bill to allow certain school districts facing multi-year cuts in…