New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 12 - INTERDISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE
Subchapter 2 - CHOICE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Section 6A:12-2.2 - Eligibility criteria for students

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 6A:12-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) To be eligible to participate in the program, a student shall be enrolled at the time of application in grades preschool through 12 in a public school of the sending district and have attended school in the sending district for at least one full year immediately preceding enrollment in a choice district including time spent at any school that a student in a particular district of residence is required by law to attend.

1. If a student attends public school in his or her district of residence and is counted in that district's October Application for State School Aid and the student's family moves during the school year and the student attends public school in his or her new district of residence for the remainder of the school year, the student shall have satisfied the one-year eligibility requirement for application to the school choice program.

2. The one-year requirement shall not apply to a student applying to enroll in kindergarten in a choice district if that student already has a sibling enrolled in and attending the choice district and if the district of residence of that student does not offer a public pre-school program.

(b) A public school student who does not meet the eligibility requirements found in (a) above or a non-public school student may nonetheless apply to enroll pursuant to 18A:36B-20.a. If a choice district allows for non-public school student enrollment, it may not make distinctions between such students on the basis of where they receive this academic instruction.

(c) Students residing out of State may not participate in the choice program.

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