STUDY DOCUMENTS FUNDING GAP FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ABBOTT CHARTER SCHOOLS
NJDOE REGULATION EXCLUDES CHARTER STUDENTS FROM ABBOTT REMEDIES Newark, NJ – May 24, 2007 Students in charter schools…
HIGH COURT EXPECTS LAWMAKERS TO ADDRESS FACILITIES FUNDING IN FY08 STATE BUDGET
ELC CAN RENEW REQUEST FOR RELIEF IF LEGISLATURE DOES NOT ACT Newark NJ – May 24, 2007 In…
COST OF ABBOTT AUDITS SOAR
LEGISLATURE TRANSFERS FUNDS TO PLUG DEFICIT IN DOE BUDGET The NJ Department of Education will pay KPMG $10.7…
ABBOTT PRE-K IS NOT AN UNREGULATED PRIVATE SCHOOL “VOUCHER” PROGRAM
STRONG STATE STANDARDS YIELD HIGH DIVIDENDS FOR ABBOTT PRE-K Research continues to confirm that New Jersey’s investment in…
ELC ACTION RESULTS IN RE-ENROLLMENT OF ILLEGALLY EXPELLED PRE-K STUDENT
CAMDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES MEASURES TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS On April 2, 2007, four-year-old J.M. was summarily expelled…
PHILLIPSBURG PROTESTS DELAY IN CONSTRUCTING NEW HIGH SCHOOL
UNDERSCORES NEED FOR HIGH COURT TO SET DEADLINE FOR MORE FUNDING A rally to protest the ongoing delay…
STUDY SHOWS ABBOTT PRE-K PROGRAM AMONG THE NATION’S BEST
BUT ENROLLMENT STAGNANT AND STATEWIDE EXPANSION NEEDED New Jersey’s Abbott pre-kindergarten program is among the top programs in…
EFFORT LAUNCHED TO PLACE BURDEN ON DISTRICTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CASES
Education Law Center is leading a statewide effort to mobilize New Jersey child advocates, disability rights organizations and…
STALLED PROJECTS, WORSENING CONDITIONS PROMPT SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SEEK COURT INTERVENTION
Newark, NJ – April 12, 2007 Children attending New Jersey’s urban public schools – mostly poor, Black and…
COMMISSIONER CHOOSES PRIVATE, CLOSED PROCESS TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR EVALUATION OF STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
WILL REVIEW BE INDEPENDENT, COMPREHENSIVE AND THOROUGH? On the heels of another internal “reorganization” of the NJ Department…