New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 27 - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION
Subchapter 4 - INTERDISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION
Section 6A:27-4.5 - Responsibilities of parents or legal guardians of choice program students

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 6A:27-4.5

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

(a) At the time of enrollment in a choice district, and whenever there is a change of address, the choice program student's parents or legal guardians shall provide the choice district's chief school administrator with the student's name, address, grade, one-way mileage between the student's home and the choice district school of attendance, and the name of the last school of attendance, if any.

(b) When the cost of transportation services to the choice district school of attendance exceeds the annual maximum statutorily established amount for nonpublic school students, the choice program student's parents or legal guardians shall notify in writing the resident district board of education of their choice of paying the difference between the cost of transportation and the maximum statutorily established nonpublic school per student expenditure or receiving aid in lieu of transportation.

1. The resident district board of education shall not be responsible for providing transportation to the choice program student if his or her parents or legal guardians do not submit a written request for transportation services; however, the parents or legal guardians shall still be eligible for the annual maximum statutorily established amount in lieu of transportation.

2. The choice program student's parents or legal guardians who choose to pay for transportation shall do so at the time and in the manner prescribed by the resident district board of education.

3. The choice program student's parents or legal guardians receiving aid in lieu of transportation shall submit a completed and signed Choice Program Student Transportation Payment Voucher to the resident district board of education at the time and in the manner prescribed by the resident district board of education.

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