New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 51 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESOURCE FAMILY PARENTS
Subchapter 6 - RESOURCE FAMILY HOME PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Section 3A:51-6.3 - Education

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:51-6.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The resource family parent shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that each school-age child in placement receives an educational program pursuant to 30:4C-26(c) and 18A:7B-12(a).

1. The resource family parent shall register each school-age child in placement in school.

2. The resource family parent shall ensure that each school-age child in placement attends school regularly according to applicable State and local school attendance requirements.

3. Home schooling in lieu of school attendance for a child in placement shall be prohibited.

(b) The resource family parent shall encourage good study habits, be involved with the academic progress of each child in placement, attend school conferences, and meet with school personnel when there are problems or periodic reviews.

1. The resource family parent shall review and sign report cards and other reports that pertain to the child's education.

2. The resource family parent shall inform the Division worker about the academic progress of each child in placement.

(c) The resource family parent shall ensure that each preschool-age child in placement is provided age-appropriate activities and an environment suitable to stimulate the child's proper development.

(d) The resource family parent shall ensure that each child in placement who is three or four years old, or five years old and not enrolled in kindergarten, attends an early childhood education program. The early childhood education program shall be:

1. Provided by a licensed child care center, a registered family child care provider in accordance with N.J.A.C. 3A:16 and 3A:54, or a public or private school, or provided or approved by the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Education, or the Department of Health; and

2. Approved by the worker as meeting the child's educational needs.

(e) The resource family parent shall ensure the opportunity for the continuity of the cultural and ethnic growth and education of each child placed in the home.

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