New Jersey

September 14, 2020

NEW JERSEY MAINTAINS SCHOOL AID FUNDING LEVELS, WHILE NY AND CALIFORNIA BEGIN DEFERRING AID PAYMENTS DUE TO PANDEMIC

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced in late August that state aid to school districts would remain steady for the next fiscal year despite the “historic […]
January 28, 2020

NJ COMMISSIONER DISMISSES FUNDING CASES

Last month, New Jersey Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet upheld a decision by an administrative law judge dismissing claims of inadequate and inequitable funding that had […]
December 3, 2019

ABBOTT PLAINTIFFS ASK NJ SUPREME COURT TO REQUIRE FACILITIES FUNDING

Concerned about the state’s failure to adequately fund current facilities needs, Plaintiffs in the long-pending Abbott v. Burke litigation filed a motion last month asking the […]
December 3, 2018

Abbott Plaintiffs Seek Additional Facilities Funding

In a letter sent to New Jersey’s Attorney General last month, the Education Law Center, counsel to the plaintiffs in the 31 poor urban districts covered […]