New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 6 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULEMAKING PROCESS
Appendix - APPENDIX

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

RULEMAKING PROCESS

The Department may distribute a policy discussion paper to the State Board and stakeholders.

Feedback to the Commissioner about the policy discussion paper is received from the State Board at a work session and also through written or oral comment from stakeholders.

The State Board considers draft rule language at First Discussion level at a State Board monthly meeting.

The State Board considers draft rule language at Second Discussion level at a State Board monthly meeting.

The State Board may add an additional Discussion level of draft rule language.

A public testimony session is held four to six weeks following First Discussion level consideration of draft rule language. Written comment is also accepted.

The State Board considers the Proposal level rule language at a State Board monthly meeting for its approval to publish the proposal in the New Jersey Register.

The notice of proposal is published in the New Jersey Register.

A 30- or 60-day written comment period is available for the public to react to the published proposal.

A 30-day written comment period is permitted only under rulemaking calendar exceptions located at 1:30-3.3(a)1 through 4.

A public testimony session is held four to eight weeks following the Proposal level consideration of rule language.

Adoption level rule language is considered by the State Board for its approval to publish the adoption in the New Jersey Register.

The notice of adoption is published in the New Jersey Register to establish the effective date of the adopted rule.