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ABOUT ELC
ELC is at the forefront of state-based efforts to improve school funding equity and secure essential resources for all students. Our strategies include litigation, policy development, capacity building, communications, data analysis and research.
Our work is based on the belief that all children deserve the opportunity to learn. Read More
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As a nonprofit organization, ELC relies on the generous contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations to support our work.
From Courthouse to Statehouse - and Back Again
ELC's groundbreaking study of four states demonstrates that sustained, multi-faceted, political campaigns, including litigation, are the recipe to secure new state investments in PK-12 education.
COVID-19 Related Compensatory Education for Students with Disabilities
ELC answers Frequently Asked Questions to assist parents whose children did not receive appropriate special education services during the pandemic. The deadline to raise these claims is September 1, 2023!
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Partnership for Equity & Education Rights (PEER)
PEER, convened by ELC, is a national network of lawyers and organizers fighting for education equity in their states.
Public Funds Public Schools
PFPS is a national campaign supported by ELC, SPLC and the SPLC Action Fund to fight private school vouchers through litigation, advocacy and research.
Abbott v. Burke
ELC represents over 300,000 low-income NJ schoolchildren in the Abbott v. Burke litigation. The Abbott decisions have been called the most important equal education rulings since Brown v. Board of Education.
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News Headlines
EDUCATION LAW CENTER CONDEMNS OKLAHOMA'S ILLEGAL DECISION TO ESTABLISH RELIGIOUS CHARTER SCHOOL
Oklahoma becomes the first state in the nation to approve an application to establish a charter school based on religious curriculum, programs and policies.
IN SETTLEMENT WITH ELC, NJDOE AGREES TO MAJOR REVISIONS IN HANDLING STATE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMPLAINTS
The NJDOE agreed to make major revisions to the information it provides parents, the public and complaint investigators about issues considered in state special education complaints and remedies.
REPORT DETAILS CHANGES TO MAKE NY’S SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA MORE EQUITABLE
The AQE-ELC report provides important recommendations for review of the 16-year-old NY State Foundation Aid formula as it finally reaches full funding in 2023-24.
ELC ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED FY24 STATE BUDGET: YES TO INCREASED AID, NO TO CUTS IN UNDER ADEQUCY DISTRICTS, AND SEVERAL IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS
In less than two months, NJ Legislators and Governor Murphy must come to terms on the FY24 State Budget; 1.4 million public school children are counting on them.
NJ Supreme Court Leaves School Construction Funding to Governor and Legislature — For Now
The NJ Supreme Court denied a motion filed in 2021 by ELC in the landmark Abbott litigation but left the door open to returning to the Court if the Governor and Legislature don’t meet their constitutional obligation.