The New York State Council of Catholic School Superintendents, along with various concerned schools and parents, filed a lawsuit on March 18th, naming Commissioner Elia and the New York State Education Department, and seeking a judgment against the new Substantial Equivalency Guidelines. You can view or download the lawsuit by clicking on the links below.
Agudath Israel, PEARLS, Torah Umesorah, and concerned Yeshivos and parents filed a lawsuit on March 7th, naming Chancellor Rosa and Commissioner Elia, and seeking a judgment against the new Substantial Equivalency Guidelines. You can view or download the lawsuit by clicking on the links below.
On March 5th, 2019, the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), together with schools threatened by the new Substantial Equivalency Guidelines, filed a lawsuit against Commissioner Elia and the New York State Education Department seeking a judgment against these new rules. You can read and download the lawsuit at the links below.
By Yochonon Donn, Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 6:41 pm | ל’ אדר א’ תשע”ט NEW YORK – Five of America’s oldest yeshivos joined with a group of parents and groups representing New York state’s yeshivos in filing a lawsuit Thursday night against the education department, charging that recent guidelines seeking to regulate how closely religious institutions are “substantially …
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Follows lawsuit by Independent Schools against the State Education Department Press release from PEARLS Albany, New York – A broad coalition of Yeshivas, yeshiva parents and organizations that promote and protect the rights of parents to choose yeshiva education for their children filed a lawsuit today challenging the new State Education Department (SED) guidelines regulating …
The legal case that yeshiva educational standards are unconstitutional is gaining influence even as it loses in the courts, and could have far-reaching consequences By Michael A. Helfand | February 8, 2019 12:00 AM In recent months, the ongoing battles between New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and the New York State Education Department have hit a crescendo. …
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Private schools are holding their ground against surging competition and scared regulators. By J.D. Tuccille | Jan. 23, 2019 3:30 pm From Reason Magazine. For families uninterested in whatever education public schools may provide, the most established alternatives continue to be independent schools run by private groups, religious organizations, and businesses. They recruit students by …
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By Bob Confer in the Niagara Gazette My daughter attends public school, just as my son will in a few years. It works well for my family. We’re blessed to live in rural Niagara County within a relatively small school district where everyone knows one another and the very-caring academic and greater communities do well, …
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