N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:14-6.2

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

Section 6A:14-6.2 - Provision of programs and services provided under N.J.S.A. 18A:46A-1 et seq. and 18A:46-19.1 et seq

(a) The board of education of the district in which the nonpublic school is located shall provide to nonpublic school students the programs and services required by this subchapter by itself, or through joint agreements with other boards of education or through contracts with educational services commissions or with clinics and agencies approved under N.J.A.C. 6A:14-5.

(b) Specifications for contracts to provide programs and services covered by this subchapter shall be approved by the county superintendent of schools.

(c) Identification, evaluation, determination of eligibility, development of service plans and the provision of speech and language services, home instruction and supplementary instruction shall be provided according to this chapter.

(d) English as a second language shall be provided according to N.J.S.A. 18A:46A-2c.

(e) Compensatory education shall be provided according to N.J.S.A. 18A:46A-2e.

(f) All special education programs and services required by this subchapter shall be provided with parental consent in accordance with 6A:14-2.3.

(g) Those procedural safeguards available to nonpublic school students with disabilities and their parents as specified by Federal law and rules under Part B of the IDEA shall apply.

1. The right to request mediation or a due process hearing applies only to the location, identification, evaluation, determination of eligibility, and reevaluation of students with disabilities enrolled in nonpublic schools.

i. For the services provided, the service plan for a student with a disability enrolled in a nonpublic school shall include the components described in 6A:14-3.7(e)1 through 6, (e)8 and (e)14 through 16.

2. Disputes regarding the provision of services to a particular nonpublic school student with a disability shall be addressed through the complaint procedures according to 6A:14-9.2.

(h) Personnel providing a program or service under this subchapter shall be highly qualified and shall meet appropriate certification and if required, licensing requirements. Personnel shall not be employed by the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled with the exception of personnel providing the types of instruction specified in 6A:14-5.1(c)2 ii and iii.

(i) Programs and services for nonpublic school students shall be provided in facilities approved by the Department of Education through its county superintendent of schools according to 18A:46-5 and 18A:46-19.5.

(j) Public and nonpublic school students may be grouped for speech correction and the other instructional programs provided under this subchapter, when appropriate.

(k) When the provision of programs and/or services under this subchapter requires transportation or the maintenance of vehicular classrooms, the board of education of the district in which the nonpublic school is located shall provide the transportation and maintenance and the cost shall be paid from State aid received under this subchapter.

(l) The board of education of the district in which the nonpublic school is located shall maintain all records of nonpublic school students receiving programs and/or services under this subchapter according to N.J.A.C. 6A:32.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:14-6.2

Amended by R.2000 d.230, effective 6/5/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 755(a), 32 N.J.R. 2052(a).
In (c), substituted a reference to service plans for a reference to individualized education programs; and in (g), added 1 and 2.
Amended by R.2006 d.315, effective 9/5/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2253(a), 38 N.J.R. 3530(b).
In (g)1i, updated N.J.A.C. references; in (h), inserted "be highly qualified and shall"; in ( l), updated the N.J.A.C. reference.