ELC’S NEWEST PUBLICATION PROVIDES ADVOCACY GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENTS
Multiple Sponsors Make English and Spanish Versions of Manual Possible With the recent publication of “The Educational Rights…
HUNDREDS OF NEWARK CHILDREN STILL NOT RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ON TIME
Only Slight Improvement in Last Two Years Under Court Settlement At least 350 Newark schoolchildren did not receive…
ELC PRESSES NJ TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE SPECIAL EDUCATION
Education Law Center is calling on a State task force to address several urgent barriers to improving delivery…
NEWARK CONTINUES TO DELAY SERVICES TO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, PROMPTING STATE ACTION
October 6, 2014 Over two and half years after a court-ordered settlement, a July 2014 compliance report again…
NO PROGRESS IN NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
The latest compliance report on implementation of a 2012 court-ordered settlement shows Newark Public Schools (NPS) has made…
ADVOCATES AND NJ SETTLE FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVE AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATION
EDUCATION LAW CENTER 60 Park Place, #300 Newark, NJ 07102 973-624-1815 DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW JERSEY 210 South Broad…
NEWARK STILL NOT MAKING PROGRESS SERVING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Nearly two years since the Newark Public Schools (NPS) agreed to a court-ordered Settlement to improve the delivery…
ELC SECURES COURT RULING MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE SCHOOLING FOR STUDENT WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES
A November 1 decision by Administrative Law Judge Caridad F. Rigo has made it possible for a New…
ADVOCATES ADVANCE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN NEW JERSEY
Advocates for New Jersey’s more than 200,000 students with disabilities have recently succeeded in protecting and advancing these…
CAPE MAY VOCATIONAL AGREES TO FAIRLY TREAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
The Cape May County Technical Board of Education and the NJ Division on Civil Rights (DCR) have entered…