NEW JERSEY ON SLOW ROAD BACK TO FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
BY DAVID SCIARRA On June 30, Governor Phil Murphy signed the Fiscal Year 2020 New Jersey State Budget….
NJ LEGISLATORS READY TO SEND MILLIONS MORE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHILE CUTTING AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A bill fast-tracked by legislative leaders in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly would open the door to…
166 NJ DISTRICTS NOW FUNDED BELOW “T&E”
ELC RECOMMENDS PATH TO FUNDING ADEQUACY In 2018-19, 166 New Jersey school districts serving over 662,000 or almost…
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE: BRING FY20 SCHOOL AID BUDGET INTO CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE
In approving the statewide formula in the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (SFRA), the New Jersey Supreme…
NEW JERSEY’S ABBOTT DISTRICTS: STATE ALLOWS SCHOOL FUNDING TO FALL FURTHER BELOW CONSTITUTIONAL LEVELS
An Education Law Center research report shows 23, or over two-thirds, of New Jersey’s 31 poor urban, or…
TWO STEPS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW JERSEY STUDENTS IN UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS
A new analysis by Education Law Center shows that, over the last decade, the percentage of students in…
ELC TO NJ GOVERNOR: DON’T DIVERT MORE PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
December 19, 2018 Governor Phil MurphyState House, Trenton, New Jersey Re: Increase in Private School Funding Dear Governor…
ELC LETTER TO LEGISLATORS ON SCHOOL FUNDING
The following letter was sent to NJ legislators on December 12, 2018: Re: Increase in Security Aid for…
UPDATED, INTERACTIVE NJ SCHOOL FUNDING DATA NOW ON ELC WEBSITE
Education Law Center has updated its comprehensive set of interactive data on New Jersey school funding statewide and…
NEW JERSEY’S 2018-19 SCHOOL AID BUDGET: SOME PROGRESS AND SOME BACKSLIDING
By Danielle Farrie In mid-July, nearly three months late, New Jersey school districts received final notice of their…