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SUPREME COURT RESCINDS NJDOE CUTS TO ABBOTT BUDGETS

Published on: March 18, 2004

In an order issued March 18th, the NJ Supreme Court has directed the NJ Department of Education to immediately restore an estimated $78 to $100 million in programs and positions to the Abbott districts 2003-04 budgets.

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SUPREME COURT FAST TRACKS DECISION ON ABBOTT BUDGETS

Published on: February 4, 2004

The Supreme Court has directed the Appellate Court to quickly decide whether the DOE violated a July 2003 order when it refused to restore millions in previously approved K-12 supplemental programs to the Abbott districts' final 2003-04 budgets.

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ABBOTT DISTRICTS WIN! NJDOE ORDERED TO RESTORE $124 MILLION FOR K-12 SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS

Published on: January 25, 2004

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge Appeals Court has ruled the NJ Department of Education had no authority to remove $124 million in previously approved K-12 supplemental programs from Abbott districts' current (2003-04) budgets.

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DISTRICTS PRESS APPEAL FOR ABBOTT K-12 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS

Published on: January 14, 2004

On January 13th, twenty-one Abbott school districts pressed their case to restore over $150 million in K–12 supplemental funds to their budgets for the current (2003-04) school year.

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New Indicators Initiative to Track Abbott Progress

Published on: December 10, 2003

The Abbott rulings contain an unprecedented remedy to improve education in New Jersey's high-poverty urban communities.

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ABBOTT COURT RULING STRENGTHENS WHOLE SCHOOL REFORM

Published on: November 26, 2003

After directing the parties in the Abbott v. Burke case into mediation with Appellate Judge Philip Carchman, the NJ Supreme Court issued a ruling on June 24, 2003 that accepts agreements reached by ELC and the NJ Commissioner of Education during the month-long mediation process.

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LINKING FUNDING ADEQUACY TO EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT

Published on: November 25, 2003

In a presentation to the Alliance for Excellent Education on November 17th in Washington, D.C., Education Law Center’s Executive Director David Sciarra tackled an urgent question facing the national movement for school funding reform: how to ensure additional funding improves curriculum, teaching and student outcomes, particularly in historically neglected high poverty schools?

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2003-04 ABBOTT DISTRICT BUDGETS: CONTENTIOUS AND STILL NOT RESOLVED

Published on: November 24, 2003

Education Law Center (ELC) is closely monitoring the budgets of the Abbott districts for 2003-04.

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