Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The Commissioner may seek to initiate partial State intervention in a school district if the school district satisfies less than 50 percent of the weighted quality performance indicators in one to four of the five components of school district effectiveness, and at least one of the following factors is present:
1. The school district has failed to submit its District Performance Review and/or failed to provide other documentation requested by the Department in connection with the comprehensive review within the established timeframe, pursuant to N.J.A. C. 6A:30-3;
2. The school district has failed to develop a district improvement plan that can be approved by the Commissioner, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:30-5.4;
3. The school district has failed to implement the Commissioner-approved district improvement plan, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:30-5.6;
4. Other circumstances warrant immediate action by the Commissioner to ensure the school district will provide a thorough and efficient education to its students; or
5. Other circumstances indicate insufficient local capacity to ensure the school district will provide a thorough and efficient education to its students and the school district's unwillingness or inability to develop local capacity without State intervention.
(b) The Commissioner may seek to initiate full State intervention in a school district when the school district: satisfies less than 50 percent of the weighted quality performance indicators in each of the five components of school district effectiveness; or the school district is under the direct oversight of a State fiscal monitor, appointed by the Commissioner pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18:7A-55et seq., and satisfies less than 50 percent of the weighted quality performance indicators in the instruction and program, operations, personnel, and governance components of school district effectiveness. At least one of the following factors also must be present:
1. The school district has failed to submit its District Performance Review and/or to provide other documentation requested by the Department in connection with the comprehensive review within the established timeframe, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:30-3;
2. The school district has failed to develop a district improvement plan that can be approved by the Commissioner, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:30-5.4;
3. The school district has failed to implement the Commissioner-approved district improvement plan, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:30-5.6;
4. Other circumstances warrant immediate action by the Department to ensure the school district will provide a thorough and efficient education to its students; or
5. Other circumstances indicate insufficient local capacity to ensure the school district will provide a thorough and efficient education to its students and the school district's unwillingness or inability to develop local capacity without State intervention.
