BILL TO ESTABLISH DIVISION OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN NEW JERSEY: LONG OVERDUE BUT NEEDS WORK
Education Law Center is calling on the New Jersey Legislature to significantly strengthen proposed legislation to create a Division…
MURPHY ADMINISTRATION ROLLS OUT NEW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TEST
By Stan Karp Four years after Governor Phil Murphy made a public commitment to eliminate New Jersey’s high…
CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING INCREASE WIPES OUT STATE FORMULA AID BOOST FOR NYC DISTRICT SCHOOLS
In testimony on Governor Kathy Hochul’s FY23 Executive Budget, Education Law Center warned New York lawmakers that a…
IS NJ HEADED FOR ANOTHER GRADUATION MELTDOWN?
By Stan Karp The resumption of graduation testing after a two-year pandemic suspension has put New Jersey high…
ELC WELCOMES ATTORNEY RACHAEL DEANE AS INAUGURAL DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AND STATE POLICY SUPPORT
Education Law Center’s capacity to support public school advocates, organizers and lawyers is growing with the addition of…
GEORGIA COALITION LAUNCHES SCHOOL FUNDING CAMPAIGN
On January 6, Fund Georgia’s Future kicked off a statewide effort to adequately fund Georgia’s Quality Basic Education…
AS OMICRON HITS NYC SCHOOLS, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES SUE TO COMPEL CITY, STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH WORKING DEVICES, INTERNET, AND INSTRUCTION FOR PERIODS OF REMOTE LEARNING
January 7, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Five families of color allege New York City and State Departments of…
NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT ORDERS REMAND TO DETERMINE COST ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND EMERGENT REPAIRS
January 6, 2022 On December 15, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order for a remand proceeding before…
U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ORDERS NEW JERSEY TO RESTORE MILLIONS IN STATE AID CUTS TO COMPLY WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
In response to complaints by Education Law Center and Jersey City Together, the U.S. Department of Education (USED)…
TRIAL COURT ORDERS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO TRANSFER $1.75 BILLION TO FUND STATE’S COMPREHENSIVE REMEDIAL PLAN
By David Hinojosa and Elizabeth Haddix Seventeen years after the North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s…