Other Issues
STATEMENT FROM ROBERT KIM, ESQ., EDUCATION LAW CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Published on: June 29, 2023
ELC believes all students deserve the opportunity to attend well-resourced and diverse schools, as both elements are critical to ensure equal educational opportunity.
EDUCATION LAW CENTER APPLAUDS OKLAHOMA BOARD'S DECISION NOT TO APPROVE RELIGIOUS CHARTER SCHOOL
Published on: April 11, 2023
Decision gives school 30 days to fix application defects; ELC urges Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board to maintain its denial.
NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD SCOTUS DECISION IN PEREZ V. STURGIS
Published on: March 22, 2023
The Court’s decision reverses the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to protect students with disabilities and ensure they are able to use civil rights remedies under IDEA.
STATEMENT FROM EDUCATION LAW CENTER ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAN ANTONIO V. RODRIGUEZ
Published on: March 21, 2023
ELC disagrees that there is no fundamental right to a public education under the U.S. Constitution and continues to believe the federal government, courts, and laws play an important role in fostering educational equity.
EQUITY AND DIVERSITY: DEFINING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Published on: February 28, 2023
A call for state-by-state campaigns to end inequitable school funding and segregation.
MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT URGED TO DECLARE DE FACTO SCHOOL SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Published on: February 23, 2023
ELC and 33 of the nation’s leading education law scholars submitted an amici curiae brief urging the Court to reverse a lower court ruling in Cruz-Guzman v. State.
BETSY DEVOS JUST CROSSED ANOTHER LINE. SHE'S AN ONGOING DANGER TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
Published on: July 23, 2020
Read this USA Today op ed by David Sciarra and Derek Black: Betsy DeVos just crossed another line. She's an ongoing danger to teachers and students
ELC CALLS ON NJ TO JOIN STATES’ LAWSUIT TO STRIKE DOWN SECRETARY DEVOS’ ILLEGAL CARES ACT RULE
Published on: July 9, 2020
ELC is calling on NJ to join a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s attempt to reduce critically needed federal emergency funds from the state’s public schools.