ABBOTT EX REL. ABBOTT v. BURKE


798 A.2d 602 (2002)

172 N.J. 294

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, and 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.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

June 11, 2002.


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, 693 A.2d 417 (1997) (Abbott IV), and

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