Title: RAYMOND ARTHUR ABBOTT,et al. v. FRED G. BURKE, et al.

State: new-jersey

Issuer: New Jersey Supreme Court

Document:

RAYMOND ARTHUR ABBOTT, a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, FRANCES ABBOTT; ARLENE FIGUEROA, FRANCES FIGUEROA, HECTOR FIGUEROA, ORLANDO FIGUEROA and VIVIAN FIGUEROA, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, BLANCA FIGUEROA; MICHAEL HADLEY, a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, LOLA MOORE; HENRY STEVENS, JR., a minor, by his Guardian Ad Litem, HENRY STEVENS, SR.; CAROLINE JAMES and JERMAINE JAMES, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, MATTIE JAMES; DORIAN WAITERS and KHUDAYJA WAITERS, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, LYNN WAITERS; CHRISTINA KNOWLES, DANIEL KNOWLES, and GUY KNOWLES, JR., minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, GUY KNOWLES, SR.; LIANA DIAZ, a minor, by her Guardian Ad Litem, LUCILA DIAZ; AISHA HARGROVE and ZAKIA HARGROVE, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, PATRICIA WATSON; and LAMAR STEPHENS and LESLIE STEPHENS, minors, by their Guardian Ad Litem, EDDIE STEPHENS, Plaintiffs, v. FRED G. BURKE, Commissioner of Education; EDWARD G. HOFGESANG, NEW JERSEY DIRECTOR OF BUDGET and ACCOUNTING; CLIFFORD A. GOLDMAN, NEW JERSEY STATE TREASURER; AND NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendants-Movants, BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NEPTUNE, in the County of Monmouth, BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK, in the County of Middlesex, PASSAIC BOARD OF EDUCATION and BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CAMDEN, in the County of Camden, Intervenors-Respondents. The Supreme Court having considered the motion filed by the Attorney General on behalf of the Department of Education (DOE), with the consent of the Education Law Center (ELC), for a one-year relaxation of the remedies for K-12 programs for the 2002-2003 school year provided for in Abbott v. Burke, 149 N.J. 145 (1997) (Abbott IV), and Abbott v. Burke, 153 N.J. 480 (1998) (Abbott V); And the Court having heard oral argument on June 4, 2002; And the DOE, as set forth in its supporting certification and supplemental submissions to the Court, having represented that based on concerns about the implementation of the Abbott IV and Abbott V remedial measures, in combination with the State=s current budget crisis, a one-year cessation of further growth in funding of certain of the Abbott remedial measures is necessary; WITNESS, the Honorable Deborah T. Poritz, Chief Justice, at Trenton, this 11th day of June, 2002. /s/ Stephen W. Townsend CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES STEIN, LONG, LaVECCHIA, and ZAZZALI join in the Court=s Order. JUSTICE COLEMAN dissents from the Order. JUSTICE VERNIERO did not participate. Converted by Andrew Scriven