Education Law Center

06/17/2026

ELC E.D. Bob Kim who worked as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education explains why moving OCR and OSERS out of USED is the WRONG move

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

It’s a myth that school voucher programs mainly give money to public school students to use for private education. In reality, most families using vouchers were already attending, paying for or planning to use private schools before receiving public funding.

06/16/2026

We know who will really benefit from federal school vouchers. Spoiler alert: it’s not public schools

06/16/2026

New piece from Jan Resseger explains how school vouchers threaten public education and highlights our Public Funds Public Schools campaign's resource debunking the Trump administration's claims about the federal voucher program

Advocates for the privatization of public schooling are on the attack these days. Public education advocate, Jeff Bryant notes: “In what is being touted as the Golden Age of School Choice, th…

06/16/2026

Happening TONIGHT at 7 PM! ⏰

There is just one hour left until our Voucher Teach-In. If you want to learn how to protect NYS public education from the latest privatization schemes and demand that Governor Hochul reject the Voucher Tax Scam, this is your space.

Get ready to learn, connect, and take action.

👉 Head to the link in our bio to grab the live stream link right now.

06/15/2026

Meet ELC's Staff Attorney Patrick Cremin

06/15/2026

🚨 PRIVATIZATION ALERT: Donald Trump’s "Voucher Tax Scam" is sweeping the country, and we need to keep it out of New York State.

School vouchers defund our public schools to subsidize private education. We need to get ahead of this threat NOW and put pressure on Governor Kathy Hochul to completely reject this scam. NYS should be investing heavily in public education, not expanding schemes that weaken it.

Tune into our Voucher Teach-In to learn exactly what’s at stake and how we can take collective action.

🗓️ Tuesday, June 16th
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Link in bio to register!

06/12/2026

More than 30 educator unions, including our partners at New Jersey Education Association, AFT New Jersey, and NYSUT - A Union of Professionals, signed on to a letter to all 24 Democratic governors urging them to reject participation in Trump’s federal voucher scheme.

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06/12/2026

How could Governor Sherrill's proposed FY27 State Budget be improved? Here are ELC's top recommendations for public education. https://edlawcenter.org/breaking-down-school-funding-in-governor-sherrills-proposed-fy27-budget