N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:15-1.12

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 6A:15-1.12 - Notification

(a) Each district board of education shall notify, by written communication, the parent of an ML of the fact that their child has been identified as eligible for placement in an LIEP.

1. The district board of education shall issue the notification within 30 calendar days of the start of the school year.

2. For a student who enrolls after the beginning of the school year, the district board of education shall issue the notification within 14 calendar days of the student being placed in an LIEP.

(b) The notice shall be, in writing, and in the language in which the parent possesses a primary speaking ability, and in English, and shall include the following information:

1. Why the student was identified as an ML;

2. Why the school district determined that the student needs to be placed in an LIEP that will help the student develop and attain English proficiency and meet the NJSLS;

3. The student's level of English language proficiency, how the level of English language proficiency was assessed, and the student's performance in academic content areas;

4. The method of instruction the school district will use to serve the student, including a description of other instruction methods available and how those methods differ in content, instructional goals, and the use of English and a primary language, if applicable;

5. How the program will meet the student's specific needs in attaining English language proficiency and meeting or exceeding the NJSLS;

6. The program's exit requirements, the expected amount of time that the ML will need to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is English, and, in the case of high school students, the expected rate of graduation;

7. How the LIEP will meet the objectives of the individualized education program of a student with a disability; and

8. A statement that the parent may decline the child's enrollment in an LIEP, and that the parent shall be given an opportunity to do so or to select a different type of LIEP service available at the child's school.

(c) Each district board of education shall send progress reports to the parents of students enrolled in an LIEP in the same manner and frequency as progress reports are sent to the parent of other students enrolled in the school district.

(d) Progress reports shall be written in English and in the primary language spoken by the parent of students enrolled in the LIEP.

(e) Each district board of education shall notify the parent when the student meets the exit criteria and is placed in a monolingual English program. The notice shall be in English and in the language in which the parent possesses a primary speaking ability.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:15-1.12

Amended by R.2014 d.050, effective 3/17/2014.
See: 45 N.J.R. 399(a), 46 N.J.R. 501(a).
Rewrote the section.

Amended and recodified from 6A:15-1.13 by 55 N.J.R. 1708(a), effective 8/7/2023