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ELC Urges NJ Legislators to Fund School Construction Program to Meet Extreme Need
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ELC Urges NJ Legislators to Fund School Construction Program to Meet Extreme Need

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

At the request of the Joint Committee on the Public Schools, Education Law Center presented testimony on April 26…

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NJ Supreme Court Leaves School Construction Funding to Governor and Legislature — For Now

May 12, 2023January 25, 2024

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court denied a motion filed by Education Law Center on behalf of…

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PROPOSED LEGISLATION DIVERTS MUCH NEEDED STATE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING TO CHARTER AND RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS

April 18, 2023January 25, 2024

A bill in the New Jersey Legislature (A4496/S3247) proposing access to 100 percent State facilities construction funding for…

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JUDGE FINDS NJ HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE NEEDED ASSURANCE OF CONTINUED FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

March 30, 2023December 4, 2023

Report also finds project cost estimates inadequate Yesterday, retired Judge Thomas Miller issued an 87-page report to the…

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AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF DELAY, NJ LEGISLATURE FINALLY COMMITS FUNDS TO RESTART SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS

June 29, 2022January 25, 2024

ELC: A Good Start But Much More Needed to Educate All Students in Safe, Modern Facilities June 29,2022…

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NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT ORDERS REMAND TO DETERMINE COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND EMERGENT REPAIRS

January 6, 2022January 25, 2024

January 6, 2022 On December 15, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order for a remand proceeding before…

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STATE’S REFUSAL TO FUND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FORCES STUDENTS BACK TO COURT

February 1, 2021December 4, 2023

Students enrolled in unsafe and dilapidated school buildings in New Jersey’s poor urban districts are again asking the…

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USE $500 MILLION IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY BONDS TO MAKE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL BUILDINGS SAFE TO REOPEN

September 18, 2020January 25, 2024

Education Law Center is calling on Governor Phil Murphy and the State Legislature to utilize at least $500…

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STATE SCHOOL REOPENING PLAN IGNORES NJ’S OVERCROWDED, UNSAFE SCHOOL FACILITIES

July 14, 2020December 4, 2023

New Jersey’s plan for reopening the state’s public schools, “The Road Back: Restart and Recovery Plan for Education”…

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NJ SUPREME COURT ANTICIPATES GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE WILL FUND SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

April 6, 2020January 25, 2024

Newark, NJ – In an order issued today, the New Jersey Supreme Court has stepped aside to give…

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