LIFTING TAX CAP FAILS TO DELIVER ADEQUATE FUNDING TO NJ DISTRICTS FACING STATE AID CUTS
The New Jersey State Senate is considering a bill to allow certain school districts facing multi-year cuts in…
ELC CALLS FOR END TO SEPARATE CHARTER SCHOOL PRE-K PROGRAMS IN ABBOTT DISTRICTS
Education Law Center is calling for the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) to immediately end the unauthorized practice…
ELC WELCOMES PARTNERSHIP FOR EQUITY & EDUCATION RIGHTS
Education Law Center (ELC) today announced a new collaboration with the Partnership for Equity & Education Rights (PEER)….
STATE’S REFUSAL TO SEEK FUNDING FOR FACILITIES PROJECTS PROMPTS ABBOTT COURT ACTION
Students in dilapidated and inadequate school buildings commenced legal action today, asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to…
ELC REPORT GRADES STATES ON FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
Far Too Many States Get Failing Grades Newark, NJ, November 4, 2019 – Making the Grade 2019: How…
STATE BOARD PROPOSES NEW GRADUATION RULES FOR CLASS OF 2023 AND BEYOND
New 11th Grade Exam Would Replace 10th Grade Tests Ten months after an Appellate Court invalidated New Jersey’s…
EDUCATION IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT: HOW ARE NJ SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOING?
Five years after entering into a ground-breaking settlement with leading disability rights advocates, the New Jersey Department of…
EDUCATION RIGHTS CASES TO WATCH
As the nation’s legal defense fund for education rights, Education Law Center supports and participates as counsel or…
ELC DEMANDS RELEASE OF FUNDING TO REMEDIATE LEAD IN NJ SCHOOLS’ WATER
Citing recent reports of as many as 480 public school buildings with lead in water delivery systems, Education…
NEW CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT VOUCHERS, PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCATION
Education Law Center (ELC), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and the SPLC Action Fund have joined forces…