USE $500 MILLION IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY BONDS TO MAKE NEW JERSEY SCHOOL BUILDINGS SAFE TO REOPEN
Education Law Center is calling on Governor Phil Murphy and the State Legislature to utilize at least $500…
STATEMENT FROM ELC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID SCIARRA ON SENATOR TERESA RUIZ’S BUDGET RESOLUTION TO INCREASE SCHOOL FUNDING BY $311 MILLION IN FY21
Education Law Center strongly supports the budget resolution recently introduced by Senator Teresa Ruiz, which provides an additional…
ELC URGES NY AND NJ TO ENSURE PUBLIC SCHOOLS KEEP MUCH-NEEDED CARES ACT FUNDS
States Must Inform Districts that Secretary DeVos’ Rule Diverting Emergency Funds to Private Schools Is Illegal In letters…
ELC TO NJ LEGISLATORS: GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED K-12 BUDGET WILL WIDEN INEQUITY
In testimony submitted to both the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee, Education Law…
DIGITAL DIVIDE A VIOLATION OF STUDENTS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
The State of New Jersey’s continuing failure to eliminate the digital divide for an estimated 230,000 public school…
TRACKING STATE SCHOOL AID CUTS IN THE PANDEMIC
By Mary McKillip As the COVID-19 crisis extends into the 2020-21 school year, the full impact of the…
GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET FAILS NEW JERSEY’S AT-RISK STUDENTS
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the State of New Jersey owed $1.9 billion to districts funded below what’s needed…
PROTECT VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN SCHOOL REOPENING
Our Children/Our Schools (OC/OS), a broad-based network of New Jersey education, children’s rights and civil rights organizations, today…
FLINT STUDENTS SECURE GROUNDBREAKING GAINS IN SETTLEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
Watch the settlement announcement press conference here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Erin Hershkowitz, (646) 885 2200, erin.hershkowitz@whitecase.com …
NURSES, ESSENTIAL FOR REOPENING NJ SCHOOLS, IN SHORT SUPPLY
August 13, 2020 Nearly 300 New Jersey public schools serving over 106,000 students had no assigned school nurse on…