N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:32-8.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 6A:32-8.1 - School register

(a) This subchapter applies to all district boards of education, charter schools, renaissance school projects, approved private schools for students with disabilities, and private agencies that provide educational services by means of public funds. Throughout this subchapter, unless otherwise indicated, "district board of education" refers to the governing body of each of the five types of agencies.

(b) District boards of education shall carefully and accurately track enrollment and attendance of all students in a manual school register format or in an electronic format of the school district's choosing.

(c) The Commissioner will issue and publish on the Department's website guidance for recording student attendance in all public schools of the State operated by district boards of education, except adult high schools.

(d) Student attendance shall be recorded in the school register during school hours on each day in session, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:32-8.3. An employee designated by the chief school administrator shall keep in the school register, attendance of all students, and shall maintain the attendance records in accordance with this subchapter and the guidance at (c) above.

(e) A student who has been placed on home instruction shall have their attendance status recorded on the regular register for the program in which the student is enrolled. The student shall be marked absent for the period beginning the first day the student is unable to attend school and ending the day before the first instructional day at the student's place of confinement. Absences shall not be recorded for the student while on home instruction, provided the hours of instruction are no less than required by N.J.A.C. 6A:14-4.8 and 4.9 and 6A:16-10.1 and 10.2. The number of possible days in membership for a student on home instruction shall be the same as for other students in the program in which the student is enrolled.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:32-8.1

Amended by R.2013 d.141, effective 12/16/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 419(a), 45 N.J.R. 2590(a).
Rewrote the section.

Amended, 54 N.J.R. 1276(a), effective 7/5/2022