PROPOSED LEGISLATION DIVERTS MUCH NEEDED STATE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING TO CHARTER AND RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS
A bill in the New Jersey Legislature (A4496/S3247) proposing access to 100 percent State facilities construction funding for…
PENNSYLVANIA COURT RULES STATE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT THE HARD WORK CONTINUES
The Commonwealth Must Act Now to Reform School Funding A school where 125 first graders must share one…
90% OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOLS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FUNDING
School funding in Michigan is inadequate and inequitable. In a report released today by Education Law Center, Tanner…
EDUCATION LAW CENTER APPLAUDS OKLAHOMA BOARD’S DECISION NOT TO APPROVE RELIGIOUS CHARTER SCHOOL
Today, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board (SVCSB) denied an application to establish a charter school that…
JUDGE FINDS NJ HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE NEEDED ASSURANCE OF CONTINUED FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Report also finds project cost estimates inadequate Yesterday, retired Judge Thomas Miller issued an 87-page report to the…
NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD SCOTUS DECISION IN PEREZ V. STURGIS
Twelve national organizations that filed an amicus brief in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools offered congratulatory and supporting…
STATEMENT FROM EDUCATION LAW CENTER ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAN ANTONIO V. RODRIGUEZ
Today is the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion, San Antonio v. Rodriguez. In 1973, by…
SCHOOL FUNDING EXPERTS MAKE THE CASE THAT MONEY MATTERS
In celebration of Education Law Center’s 50th anniversary, ELC, ETS, and the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) co-sponsored a…
NJ STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, NJDOE FAIL TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK
Promised review of high school graduation test ‘cut scores’ still missing March 6, 2023 This month nearly 100,000…
STATEMENT FROM EDUCATION LAW CENTER AND THE ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION ON LETTER TO NY LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP
Key Groups Urge State Leaders to Fund Review of Foundation Aid Formula Fifteen organizations from across New York…