New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Chapter 6A - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Subchapter 14 - CONDUCT OF CASES
Section 1:6A-14.4 - Independent educational evaluation

(a) For good cause and after giving the parties an opportunity to be heard, the judge may order an independent educational evaluation of the pupil. The evaluation shall be conducted in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:14 by an appropriately certified or licensed professional examiner(s) who is not employed by the board of education or public agency responsible for the education of the pupil to be evaluated. The independent evaluator shall be chosen either by agreement of the parties or, where such agreement cannot be reached, by the judge after consultation with the parties. The judge shall order the board of education or public agency to pay for the independent educational evaluation at no cost to the parent(s) or guardian. ( 34 CFR 300.502)

(b) Where an independent educational evaluation is ordered, the judge upon the request of a party may adjourn the hearing for a specified period of time and the deadline for decision, as established in 1:6A-18.1, will be extended by an amount of time equal to the adjournment.