WILL NEW JERSEY GET BACK ON TRACK TO FULL PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING?
Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed $600 million increase in education funding in the FY22 State Budget will put New…
ELC ANALYSIS SHOWS SHARP DECLINE IN PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENTS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
NJ MUST STEP UP TO ADDRESS DELAYS IN EARLY EDUCATION April 26, 2021 A new Education Law Center…
NJ SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE APPROVES USE OF NON-ATTORNEY ADVOCATES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCEEDINGS
On April 14, in response to extensive public comments, the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Unauthorized…
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE MUST CURB ABUSES BY EAST RAMAPO SCHOOL BOARD
April 19, 2021 A bill pending in the New York State Legislature promises to rein in the East Ramapo…
STATE BOARD SET TO RESTRICT HIGH SCHOOL TEST OPT OUTS
A last minute change to an assessment proposal pending before the NJ State Board of Education (State Board)…
AMICUS GROUPS URGE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT NOT TO BLOCK VOTER-APPROVED INCREASE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING
Frustrated by years of severe state disinvestment in their public schools, Arizona voters passed a ballot initiative in…
NJ STILL NOT PROTECTING RIGHT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO COVID-19 RELATED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION
The New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) is still failing to safeguard the right of students with disabilities…
$4 BILLION LOST: A DECADE OF DISINVESTMENT IN NEW JERSEY’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In the decade following the Great Recession, New Jersey public schools lost nearly $4 billion by not maintaining school funding on pace…
GOVERNOR CUOMO PROPOSES TO SHORTCHANGE STUDENTS IMPACTED BY COVID-19…AGAIN
Today, Education Law Center released a research brief analyzing state school aid cuts in New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s…
NEW RESEARCH PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM
Sustained, multi-faceted, political campaigns, including litigation, are the recipe to secure new state investments in PK-12 education FOR…