June 3-4, 2005
INSTITUTE LAUNCHES NEW PROJECT ON EDUCATION FUNDING AND PROPERTY TAX REFORM
Former Governor Jim Florio and former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein were among those who addressed a group of about 30 experts in education law, school finance and state tax policy at Rutgers Law School in Newark Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4, at a meeting convened by the Institute on Education Law and Policy. The meeting launched a new project entitled “Setting the Stage for Informed, Objective Deliberation on Property Tax Reform.” Participants received the background paper prepared by the Institute for the meeting, “What We Know, and What We Need to Know, About Education Funding and Taxes.”
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May 23, 2005
NJDOE RELEASES “FINAL” 2004 NCLB AYP DATA
The New Jersey Department of Education announced that the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status of 37 schools in New Jersey has changed because of final 2004 No Child Left Behind Act calculations and the resolution of appeals by some schools.
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May 5, 2004
STATE BOARD OF ED DENIES ENGLEWOOD’S APPLICATION FOR EMERGENT RELIEF
The State Board of Education denied the application of the Englewood Board of Education for emergent relief seeking $6 million in additional funding for 2005-06 for its desegregation program, but directed that “the “Commissioner immediately take such measures as are necessary to establish a budget for the Englewood Board for the 2005-06 school year that conforms with all legal requirements and provides adequate fiscal support to enable the Board to continue to provide the programs approved by the Department that are aimed at correcting racial imbalance at Dwight Morrow [High School.]”
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