NEWARK PARENTS URGE COURT TO RESTORE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING NEW JERSEY’S LIFO LAWS

Oral arguments will be heard at 10:00AM on Wednesday, April 25 at the Veteran’s Courthouse in Newark

Newark, NJ –Attorneys representing the plaintiffs in HG v. Harrington will be in court Wednesday, April 25 for oral argument before the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. They will argue that New Jersey’s quality-blind LIFO (last-in, first-out) layoff laws are unconstitutional as applied in the Newark Public School District. The plaintiffs are a group of Newark Public Schools parents seeking to enforce New Jersey’s constitutional guarantees to a thorough and efficient education. The parent-plaintiffs have alleged that the LIFO statutes violate students’ educational rights by unjustly requiring struggling districts like Newark to retain ineffective teachers, while cutting other areas of education spending or laying off more effective teachers when faced with funding deficits.

The hearing is open to the press. Oral arguments will begin at 10:00 a.m. Legal counsel for the plaintiffs will be available for Q&A following the court proceedings.

Who:

Attorneys representing HG v. Harrington plaintiffs

What:

Plaintiffs’ attorneys in HG v. Harrington make oral arguments to overturn the dismissal of the parent-plaintiffs’ lawsuit challenging New Jersey’s LIFO laws and to enforce students’ constitutional guarantees to an education.

When:

10:00 AM

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Where:

Veteran’s Courthouse

50 W Market Street, 11th Floor

Newark, NJ

Room 1114

Note on Cameras: If a member of the press would like to bring a camera into the courtroom, a request must be made to the Court Administrator’s office in advance of the hearing. You may make that request directly by calling 973-776-9300 ext. 55709.

About Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ)

PEJ pursues educational equity through legal action to improve the quality of public schools. PEJ utilizes a variety of legal actions to achieve its mission, including pursuing impact litigation, amicus brief filings, Freedom of Information Act requests, and other law-related avenues that seek to achieve meaningful reforms of education laws or policies that fail to prioritize students’ rights. PEJ is an affiliate of the national education nonprofit 50CAN: 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now, which advocates at the local level for a high-quality education for all kids, regardless of their address.

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