New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 23A - FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES
Subchapter 2 - EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Section 6A:23A-2.7 - Shared special education services

1. Coordinate with the Department to maintain a real time Statewide and districtwide database that tracks the types and capacity of special education programs being implemented by each school district and the number of students enrolled in each program to identify program availability and needs;

2. Coordinate with the Department to maintain a Statewide and districtwide list of all special education students served in out-of-district programs and a list of all public and private entities approved to receive special education students that includes pertinent information such as audit results and tuition charges;

3. Serve as a referral source by maintaining information on placement options available in other school districts and their tuition rates for school districts that do not have appropriate in-district programs for individual special education students;

4. Conduct regional planning, identify the program needs of the county, and work with school districts in the development of in-district special education program options;

5. Identify special class programs within the county's school districts serving students with like IEPs that may be appropriately consolidated within legally permissible class size limits within one school or school district;

6. Maintain a list of appropriately licensed and/or certified professionals or appropriate county entities, and their fees, available to provide related services such as speech, physical therapy, or occupational therapy, on an as-needed basis;

7. Maintain a list of appropriately licensed or certified professionals or appropriate county entities, and their fees, able to participate or provide appropriately licensed and/or certified professionals to participate on or supplement school district child study teams;

8. With consideration of school districts' size, classification rates, types of classifications, caseloads, geographic proximity, staffing, budget constraints, or other available information, investigate the feasibility of two or more school districts sharing of special education staff members, including a director, child study teams, and related services providers, and make a formal written recommendation, as appropriate;

9. Prepare and circulate within the county an inventory by school district of surplus or idle equipment used by students with special needs; and

10. Provide assistance to school districts in budgetary planning for resource realignment and reallocation to direct special education resources into the classroom through shared service arrangements and other methods.