NJ LEGISLATURE: GET TO WORK ON FACILITIES FUNDING FOR ALL DISTRICTS, NOT JUST VO-TECHS
As the Senate Education Committee holds a hearing on the procedures for approval of grant funds for facilities…
LAWSUIT TO ENFORCE MANDATE TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS MOVES FORWARD
The plaintiffs in a legal action to enforce a mandate to reduce class size in New York City…
166 NJ DISTRICTS NOW FUNDED BELOW “T&E”
ELC RECOMMENDS PATH TO FUNDING ADEQUACY In 2018-19, 166 New Jersey school districts serving over 662,000 or almost…
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…