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ELC
has released Safe and Adequate: Using Litigation
to Address Inadequate K-12 School Facilities,
a report on claims related to disparities in school
funding for school facilities. This report (July 2006)
surveys emerging trends in the scope, strategy, and
ruling of adequacy suits, focusing on the role facilities
deficiencies play in opening the door to broader scrutiny
of states' education systems.
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A
national report released in Washington D.C. highlights
New Jersey's success in chipping away at the gap in
expenditures for school construction between low and
high wealth districts. The report credits the NJ Supreme
Court's landmark Abbott v. Burke rulings as sparking
a wave of long overdue school facilities improvements
in the State's poorest communities, while simultaneously
helping suburban districts move forward with their building
projects. ELC
comments on report.
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This
report released by The NJ School Outdoor Area Working
Group under the direction of the Center for Architecture
and Building Science Research at NJIT has developed
guidelines for the design of outdoor spaces for all
schools in the state. See
NJDCA Guidelines. 
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A
report prepared by the New Jersey Work Environment Council
with input from the Healthy Schools Ad Hoc Committee
- Updated October 2007 (Members from the NJ Departments
of Community Affairs, Education, Environmental Protection,
Health and Senior Services, Labor and Workforce Development;
the NJ Schools Construction Corporation; Education Law
Center; Isles, Inc.; NJ Education Association; NJ Work
Environment Council; and NJ Environmental Federation)
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| Historic
Information |
| List
of Abbott Facility Projects (referred to as the "List
of 59" or the "Capital Plan") that SCC Promised
in July 2005 to Complete with Remaining Funds |
| State
Continues to Fund School Projects in Suburbs, While Leaving
Poor Districts Stranded. |
| Chronology
of New Jersey's School Construction Program (1990 - To
Date) |
| Proposed
Amendments to the Educational Facilities Construction
and Financing Act, P.L.2000, c.72,
Alan Mallach (2006) |
| Needed:
A new approach, Joan Ponessa, Philadelphia
Inquirer, April 5, 2006 |
| How
to Fix School Construction,
David G. Sciarra, Newark Star Ledger, February 15, 2006
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| SCC
Testimony before Assembly Education Committee and Joint
Committee on the Public Schools (October 2006)
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Report
on Abbott School Construction |
Prototypes
- A PowerPoint Presentation of Pros and Cons
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| School
Principals Call for Facilities to Meet Curriculum Requirements
(May 10, 2004) |
| Creating
Communities of Learning: Schools and Smart Growth (April,
2004)
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| Abbott
Districts Not Prepared to Revise Facility Plans Next Year
(February, 2004) |
| NJDOE
Rules Neglect Preschool Facilities Needs (January, 2004) |
| ELC
Comments on School Construction Corporation's Proposed
Regulations on Community Provider Facilities (August 6,
2003) |
| Report
Card on the Progress of the Abbott School Construction
Program, 2003) |
| Inspector
General to Investigate Repairs to School #6 Following
a Formal Request by ELC (9/26/02) |
| 1999-2000
Cost Estimates for Renovation and New Construction of
Abbott School Facilities from the approved Long Range
Facilities Plans |
| 1999
Abbott Districts' Long Range Facilities Plans |
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Facilities
Management Guidelines (September 22, 1998) |
| A
Study of School Facilities and Recommendations for the
Abbott Districts: New Jersey Department of Education,
1997 |
| School
Facilities: A Challenge for New Jersey (1997) |
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