NJ CHARTERS CARRYING SUBSTANTIAL SURPLUS EVEN AS DISTRICTS MAKE CUTS
An Education Law Center analysis of the most recently available, audited school budgets shows many New Jersey charter…
NJ MUST GET MOVING ON EXPANDING ABBOTT PRESCHOOL STATEWIDE
Education Law Center, along with a dozen other organizations, testified yesterday before the New Jersey Senate Education Committee…
AMICI URGE PA COURTS TO HEAR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CASE
State Says Courts Should not Hear the Evidence Harrisburg, PA – On September 18, 2015, several Pennsylvania organizations…
WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT FINDS CHARTER SCHOOL LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Olympia, WA – On September 4, 2015, in League of Women Voters of Washington v. State, the Washington…
NEVADA PARENTS SUE TO STOP NATION’S MOST EXPANSIVE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Several Nevada public school parents today filed a lawsuit opposing the state’s new voucher program, which became law…
CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES CALL ON DEBLASIO ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT DESEGREGATION EFFORTS ACROSS NYC
The Education Law Center, together with national civil rights and local community groups, is calling on New York…
PLAINTIFFS ACCUSE TENNESSEE OFFICIALS OF VIOLATING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY
Nashville, TN – On August 31, 2015, the Shelby County Board of Education (SCBE) filed an educational opportunity…
PARENTS DEMAND SWIFT STATE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF EAST RAMAPO STUDENTS
Several parents of students attending New York’s troubled East Ramapo school district have notified New York State Education…
STUDENTS SUE TO FORCE NJDOE TO ADOPT NEW GRADUATION RULES
Newark, NJ, September 1, 2015 – On September 1, several New Jersey students and their families filed a…
SCHOOL FUNDING LITIGATIONS HOT TOPIC IN STATE COURTS
Many States, U.S.A., August 20, 2015 – As of August 2015, school funding litigations seeking better educational opportunities…