NEW JERSEY LEADS NATION IN ADDRESSING “SCHOOL FACILITIES GAP” ABBOTT RULINGS SPARK SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION STATEWIDE
Newark, NJ, October 26, 2006 A national report released today in Washington D.C. highlights New Jersey’s success in…
ABBOTT CHIEF REFUSES PARENTS’ REQUEST TO ENFORCE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
NEWARK, October 11, 2006 — Parent leaders from Camden, Newark, and Jersey City were disappointed at the refusal…
GOVERNOR PROPOSES SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AND REFORM
Governor Jon Corzine’s School Construction Working Group released its third and final report on September 14th. The report…
ELC CALLS ON NJDOE TO REVISE STATUS REPORT ON SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
In an August 31st letter to Acting Education Commissioner Lucille Davy, Education Law Center has raised serious concerns…
ELC OPPOSES U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF DECISION ON FEES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CASES
ELC has filed a brief opposing the request by a South Jersey school district that the United States…
ELC PUBLISHES NEW DATA ON ABBOTT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
The Education Law Center has posted profiles of each of the 31 Abbott school districts. The profiles contain…
NJDOE REFUSES TO RELEASE EDUCATION COST STUDY
ELC FILES SUIT TO COMPEL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE Newark, New Jersey — July 18, 2006 The NJ Department of…
COMMISSIONER FAILS TO HONOR ABBOTT COMMITMENTS
LACK OF FOLLOW-THROUGH ON PROMISES TO NJ SUPREME COURT Newark, New Jersey — July 13, 2006 Public records…
BUDGET LANGUAGE UNDERMINES COURT ORDER ON ABBOTT REGULATIONS
COMMISSIONER CAN IMPOSE RULES AGAIN WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY The FY2007 State Budget Act, adopted by the Legislature and…
Making Abbott reform more fruitful
State has the power to prevent poor spending decisions that undermine urban-school effort Friday, June 30, 2006 BY…