N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:27-4.1

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

Section 6A:27-4.1 - General provisions

(a) Transportation or aid in lieu of transportation shall be provided for choice program students pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:36B-22 and 18A:39-1et seq. A choice district means as defined at N.J.S.A. 18A:36B-15. The choice district shall be considered a public school district offering a specialized program established under N.J.S.A. 18A:36B-14et seq., the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program Act. For purposes of this subchapter, the resident district board of education means the district of residence of a choice program student and shall have the same meaning as "sending district" as set forth at N.J.S.A. 18A:36B-15.

(b) The transportation of students to and from a choice district school of attendance shall be the responsibility of the resident district board of education.

(c) The Department will publish a Commissioner-prescribed Choice District Transportation Application, Choice Program Student Transportation Payment Voucher, and Choice District Transportation Certification on its website. The Department will update the application, voucher, and certification, as necessary.

(d) Eligible choice program students shall receive transportation or aid in lieu of transportation based upon the date the choice district submits the Choice District Transportation Application to the resident district boards of education.

1. The resident district board of education shall pay aid in lieu of transportation for each half of the academic year after the parents or legal guardians of the choice program student submit the Choice Program Transportation Payment Voucher to the resident district board of education.

2. The resident district board of education shall not be required to pay aid in lieu of transportation when it receives the payment voucher after the close of the fiscal year.

(e) The resident district board of education shall not be responsible for providing transportation services for choice program students residing less than remote or more than 20 miles from the school of attendance.

(f) Transportation shall be provided to choice program students in accordance with the choice district's calendar.

(g) The executive county superintendent shall arbitrate disputes regarding student transportation between resident district boards of education and the choice district's chief school administrator.

1. The resident district board of education or the choice district's chief school administrator shall submit in writing to the executive county superintendent a request for arbitration outlining the matter to be arbitrated.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:27-4.1

Amended by R.2010 d.085, effective 6/7/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 4004(a), 42 N.J.R. 1029(a).
In (d), substituted "one-half" for "one half".
Amended by R.2011 d.230, effective 9/6/2011.
See: 43 N.J.R. 769(a), 43 N.J.R. 2306(a).
Deleted (a)1 and (a)2; rewrote (b) and (c); in (d), substituted "resident school" for "choice"; and added (e) and (f).
Amended by R.2013 d.121, effective 10/7/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 606(a), 45 N.J.R. 2245(a).
Rewrote the section.

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 163(a), effective 2/1/2021