New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 87 - BASIC COURSE IN LAND USE LAW AND PLANNING TRAINING PROGRAM
Subchapter 4 - TRAINING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Section 5:87-4.2 - Standards for determining satisfactory completion of Training Program

(a) All course participants are required to take a test developed by the Commissioner in order to ensure that members attended and understood the course material. The test shall be a 10-question multiple-choice open book exam and shall change periodically. Course participants will be permitted to use the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law along with notes and course materials for reference while completing the test. The Commissioner shall provide the test directly to the course providers prior to Training Program offerings. The course providers shall distribute the tests to participants at the conclusion of the course instruction.

(b) In order to receive a certificate of completion, participants must demonstrate an adequate understanding of the Training Program material by attending the entire course and taking a test at the conclusion of the course instruction. Seventy percent accuracy on the test shall constitute a passing score. The tests shall be graded by the course providers.

(c) In instances where a participant attends the course but does not complete the course or achieve at least a 70 percent score on the test, the participant shall receive an incomplete for the course. The participant must retake the course and test before the expiration of the 18-month period prescribed for completion of the required course. Failure to satisfactorily complete the course or to re-take the test within the required time period set forth in 5:87-1.8 shall result in the participant receiving no certification for the course.

(d) Within 14 days following a Training Program offering, the course provider shall submit to the Commissioner and the municipal clerk a list of the members who attended the Training Program, the date of the Training Program, the municipality for whom the member represents and a copy of the graded tests that have received a passing score.

(e) Upon receipt of the records indicated in (d), the Commissioner shall issue a Certificate of Completion to each Training Program participant who satisfactorily completes the training program requirements and the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall notify the planning, zoning and combined boards of each member who has received a certificate of completion upon receipt of the certificate.