KANSAS LEGISLATURE SHORTCHANGES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ISSUE MOVES TO SUPREME COURT
By Wendy Lecker The Kansas Legislature has appropriated only a quarter of its $363 million funding target for…
NEW YORK SCHOOL FUNDING REMAINS BELOW CONSTITUTIONAL LEVEL
As the dust settles on the final FY20 New York State Budget, 128 high need school districts continue…
UPDATED GUIDE TO NEW JERSEY SCHOOL RESIDENCY RIGHTS NOW AVAILABLE
Education Law Center’s Advocacy Guide Series Education Law Center has released a revised and updated guide to New…
AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTS MAINE’S DECISION NOT TO USE PUBLIC FUNDING ON SECTARIAN SCHOOLS
Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has joined the National Education Association (NEA) and the Maine Education Association (MEA)…
ADVOCATES CALL ON NJ LEGISLATORS TO CONDUCT THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL REAL ESTATE PRACTICES
In response to a carefully researched, in-depth report published in The Record concerning the potential misuse of public…
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE STRUGGLES TO FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS YET MOVES TO DIVERT MILLIONS MORE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
As the New York Legislature debates a final FY20 State Budget, lawmakers are struggling with how to close…
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE: BRING FY20 SCHOOL AID BUDGET INTO CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE
In approving the statewide formula in the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (SFRA), the New Jersey Supreme…
SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN “IN LIMBO” AS TESTING SEASON BEGINS
As spring testing begins, high school sophomores and freshmen remain in limbo without clear rules for graduation—even though…
ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO TEACHER DUE PROCESS GOES DOWN
By Wendy Lecker On January 22, in another setback to the legal effort to undermine teacher due process…
NEW JERSEY’S ABBOTT DISTRICTS: STATE ALLOWS SCHOOL FUNDING TO FALL FURTHER BELOW CONSTITUTIONAL LEVELS
An Education Law Center research report shows 23, or over two-thirds, of New Jersey’s 31 poor urban, or…