N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:13A-4.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 6A:13A-4.3 - Instructional staff

(a) The district board of education of a school district that is approved to provide a State-funded universal preschool program shall ensure that one appropriately certified teacher and one appropriately qualified teacher assistant, pursuant to (d) and (e) below, are provided for every preschool class of 15 children. Class size shall not be greater than 15 children.

1. The district board of education may have fewer than 15 children in a class, if the services can be provided at the school district's per pupil amount, and the essential elements of the chapter for the implementation of a high-quality preschool program are maintained.

2. In-district preschool classroom teachers shall hold a bachelor's degree and, at a minimum, a certificate of eligibility (CE) or certificate of eligibility with advanced standing (CEAS) for preschool through grade three or other equivalent preschool certification, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 6A:9B.

(b) Private provider and local Head Start agency preschool teachers working in classrooms contracted with school districts that received Preschool Expansion Aid or educational opportunity aid in 2007-2008 shall hold a bachelor's degree and, at a minimum, a CE or CEAS for preschool through grade three or other equivalent preschool certification, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 6A:9B.

(c) All preschool classroom teachers hired in private provider and Head Start agencies subsequent to the initial year of the school district's implementation of a preschool program shall hold a bachelor's degree and, at a minimum, a CE or CEAS for preschool through grade three certification or other equivalent preschool certification, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 6A:9B.

(d) The district board of education teacher assistants in school districts or schools supported by Title 1 funding, as applicable, shall meet the Title 1 requirements pursuant to the Every Student Succeeds Act, P.L. 114-95.

(e) The district board of education shall require all other teacher assistants, both new hires and existing staff, in all preschool program settings to have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:13A-4.3

Amended by R.2009 d.334, effective 11/2/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2530(a), 41 N.J.R. 4077(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), inserted "appropriately qualified" and ", pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:13A-4.3(f) and (g),"; in (a)1, substituted "essential elements for the implementation of a high-quality preschool program" for "preschool quality standards"; in (b), inserted "and local Head Start agency" and "classrooms contracted with" and substituted "teachers teaching" for "classroom teachers," and "that received" for "receiving"; rewrote the introductory paragraph of (c); and in (c)4, substituted "(c)1" for "(c)1i".
Administrative change.
See: 46 N.J.R. 1743(a).

Amended by 54 N.J.R. 1595(b), effective 8/15/2022