New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 53 - MANUAL OF STANDARDS FOR CHILDREN'S SHELTER FACILITIES AND SHELTER HOMES
Subchapter 4 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Section 3A:53-4.5 - Education

(a) The shelter facility or shelter home shall insure that each school-age child in care for two weeks or longer receives a minimum educational program provided by the child's school district of residence, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-1 et seq.

(b) The shelter facility administrator shall enforce each child's right to perceive an appropriate free education, in accordance with State education law.

(c) The shelter home coordinator shall insure that each school-age child in a shelter home receives a minimum educational program to which each child is entitled, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4C-26(c) and N.J.S.A. 18A:7B-12(a).

(d) The shelter facility administrator or shelter home coordinator shall seek to have each school-age child who has been admitted to the shelter facility or shelter home returned to classroom instruction in a public school. If such return is not possible or feasible in the judgement of the shelter facility administrator or shelter home coordinator, application shall be made to the chief school administrator of the child's school district of residence for the provision of home instruction for the child at the shelter facility or shelter home, in accordance with State education law and regulations.

(e) The shelter facility administrator or shelter home coordinator shall document in writing and maintain on file efforts taken to insure that each school-age child receives a minimum educational program, in accordance with State education law and regulations.

(f) For children who are not attending school, the shelter facility administrator or shelter home coordinator shall insure that supervision and alternate programming/activities are provided during school hours.