ADEQUATE SCHOOL FUNDING KEY TO EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN NEW YORK’S POOR SCHOOLS
The Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support…
NEW YORK STATE BUDGET LEAVES CHILDREN BEHIND AGAIN
Ten years after the final Court of Appeals ruling in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State (CFE), New…
SMALL CITIES STUDENTS AWAIT COURT RULING ON SCHOOL FUNDING
Attorney General Changes Legal Position on Foundation Aid After an eight-week trial and post-trial submissions, parents from “Small…
EAST RAMAPO PARENTS FILE SUIT TO REMEDY SCHOOL BOARD’S FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT
Seek Court Order for State Intervention and Corrective Action On January 14, parents of public school children in…
IN SMALL CITIES SCHOOLS CASE STATE AND PLAINTIFFS AGREE: 8 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE OWED $1.1 BILLION
ALBANY, October 29, 2015 – In court papers filed in the Small Cities school funding lawsuit, the Plaintiff…
CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES CALL ON DEBLASIO ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT DESEGREGATION EFFORTS ACROSS NYC
The Education Law Center, together with national civil rights and local community groups, is calling on New York…
PARENTS DEMAND SWIFT STATE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EAST RAMAPO STUDENTS
Several parents of students attending New York’s troubled East Ramapo school district have notified New York State Education…
NEW YORK STATE BUDGET FALLS WELL SHORT OF CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION
As it drew to a close, New York State’s budget process was dominated by the debate over Governor…
NY PAYS “USUAL SUSPECTS” TO RECYCLE “MONEY DOESN’T MATTER” DEFENSE IN SMALL CITIES TRIAL
In the final days of trial in Maisto v. State of New York – the “Small Cities” case – the…
SMALL CITIES STUDENTS PRESENT COMPELLING TRIAL EVIDENCE OF EDUCATIONAL HARM
Albany, NY – March 3, 2015 – Over five weeks of trial, the student plaintiffs in Maisto, et…