N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:12-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 6A:12-2.2 - Eligibility criteria for students

(a) To be eligible to participate in the choice program, a student shall be enrolled at the time of application in preschool through grade 12 in a school of the sending district and shall have attended school in the sending district for at least one full academic 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 is enrolled in the district of residence, is counted in that school district's October Application for State School Aid, and moves during the school year and enrolls in a new district of residence for the remainder of the school year, the student shall have satisfied the one-year eligibility requirement for the school choice program.

2. The one-year requirement shall not apply to an eligible sibling applying to enroll in preschool or kindergarten in a choice district.

3. The one-year requirement shall not apply to a choice student currently enrolled in a choice district who reaches the terminal grade in the choice district and the student is applying to enroll in another choice district for secondary school.

(b) A public school student who does not meet the eligibility requirements at (a) above or a nonpublic school student may, nonetheless, apply pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:36B-20.a and N.J.A.C. 6A:12-3.3.

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

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:12-2.2

Amended by R.2000 d.477, effective 12/4/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 3201(a), 32 N.J.R. 4255(a).
Designated existing paragraph as (a) and added (b).
Amended by R.2004 d.376, effective 10/4/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 2593(a), 36 N.J.R. 4443(a).
In (a), inserted "public" following "grades K through 9 in a", in the introductory paragraph, added 1.
Amended by R.2012 d.197, effective 12/17/2012.
See: 44 N.J.R. 2085(a), 44 N.J.R. 3064(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "preschool through 12" for "K through nine" and inserted "including time spent at any school that a student in a particular district of residence is required by law to attend"; in (a)1, inserted "one-year"; added (a)2 and new (b); and recodified former (b) as (c).

Amended by 56 N.J.R. 1970(c), effective 10/7/2024