ELC advocates for equal educational opportunity and education justice for all public school children.
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ALT ELC graphic: Recommendations to Improve Governor Sherrill's FY27 PK-12 Education Budget Proposal 1. Increase reimbursements for high-cost special education placements, districts are now only getting reimbursed for about half of their eligible costs 2. Increase investments in the NJ Department of Education’s Division of Early Childhood Education to assist new and existing preschool programs 3. Provide additional funding for school construction and urgently needed repairs in the state’s highest-poverty school districts 4. Add flexibility to the 2% property tax cap for districts that are raising less than their local fair share and have the capacity to close funding gaps
ALT Webinar graphic - Recording now available of PFPS's latest webinar titled "What Almost Everybody Gets Wrong About the Federal Voucher Scheme: Answers to Your Burning Questions With PFPS Director Jessica Levin." https://youtu.be/jKOPr9aYa2Q
ALT ELC advocacy message #3: When federal oversight weakens, it becomes more important to use legal and political pressure to influence states. Advocates must anchor their arguments in the state-level obligations under IDEA that remain in place and must be enforced.
ALT Find more research evidence to support students with disabilities. https://edlawcenter.org/research/ evidence-against-dismantling-used/
ALT PFPS webinar graphic: What Almost Everybody Gets Wrong About the Federal Voucher Scheme: Answers to Your Burning Questions with PFPS Director Jessica Levin, Thursday, June 4, at 2 p.m. ET.
ALT ELC pride month graphic: This Pride Month, ELC celebrates LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming students and the many ways they strengthen our school communities. Every student deserves to feel safe, supported, and valued at school.
