Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:7C-6.6 Provision of information to parents, guardians. 2. a. No later than October 1 of each school year, a school district or charter school shall provide to the parents or guardians of a student enrolled in the district or charter school information on any State assessment …

18A:7C-7. School administrators report on students awarded or denied diplomas The local chief school administrators shall report annually to their local boards of education and to the Commissioner of Education the number of students who completed the twelfth grade course requirem…

18A:7C-8. Adult high school programs; diplomas The Commissioner of Education shall also develop rules and regulations for and may issue State endorsed diplomas to those students who have successfully completed a State approved adult high school program. L.1979, c. 241, s. 8.

18A:7C-9. Evaluation of state and local programs by Commissioner of Education The Commissioner of Education shall monitor the results of the implementation of graduation requirements as provided herein, and shall from time to time, but at least once every 5 years review and evalu…

18A:7D-28.5. New budget increase for supplemental State aid 4. Each regional school district formed after the effective date of this act shall, for the purposes of calculation of its maximum permissible net budget pursuant to the provisions of section 85 of P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:…

18A:7E-1. Findings, declarations on school report card programs 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The State of New Jersey has invested more resources than virtually any other state in the nation in its students, teachers and schools, yet parents and other interested …

18A:7E-2. School Report Card Program 2. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and administer a School Report Card Program. The program shall provide for the annual preparation and dissemination of a school report card to parents and other interested taxpayers within each lo…

18A:7E-3 Report card information. 3. Report cards issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.235 (C.18A:7E-2) shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for: a. the school district and for each school within the district, as appropriate: (1) results of the e…

18A:7E-4. Statewide, district averages included 4. The school report card shall include, for purposes of comparison and review, the Statewide average for each element reported by school and a comparison of the district averages for each element reported by district with the avera…

18A:7E-5. Rules, regulations 5. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1995,c.235,s.5.

18A:7F-24 Submission of budget for educational programs in State facilities. 24. Annually by December 15, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families and the Youth Justice Commission shall each submit to the commissione…

18A:7F-32 Adjustment of State aid calculations in regional districts. 32. a. When State aid is calculated for any year and a part of any district becomes a new school district or a part of another school district, or comes partly under the authority of a regional board of educati…

18A:7F-33 Annual filing of district report with commissioner. 33. Annually, on or before October 20, the secretary of the board of education, with approval of the superintendent of schools, or if there is no superintendent of schools, with the approval of the executive county sup…

18A:7F-34 Rules, regulations. 84. The Commissioner of Education shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.1996, c.138, s.84; amended 2007, c.260, s…

18A:7F-37 Definitions relative to property tax levy cap concerning school districts. 2. For the purposes of sections 2 through 4 and sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-37 through C.18A:7F-39 and C.18A:7F-41 and C.18A:7F-42): "Adjusted tax levy" means the amount raised b…

18A:7F-38 School district budget increase limited. 3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a school district shall not adopt a budget pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5 and 18A:7F-6) with an increase in its adjusted tax levy…

18A:7F-39 Proposal submission required to increase adjusted tax levy, certain circumstances. 4. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.44) b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.44) c. A school district may submit to the voters at the annual school election, or on such other date a…

18A:7F-4.1 Findings, declarations relative to core curriculum content standards and cross-content workplace readiness standards. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the five cross-content workplace readiness standards, which are a part of the core curriculum content st…

18A:7F-4.2 Adoption of core curriculum content standards for technology. 2. a. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the State Board of Education shall adopt core curriculum content standards in the area of technology. b. The State board shall convene a committee com…

18A:7F-4.3 Information relative to organ donation given to students in grades 9 through 12. 3. a. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C.s.1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey, shall review the…

18A:7F-4.4 New Jersey Student Learning Standards, information literacy; definition. 1. a. As used in this act, the term "information literacy" means a set of skills that enables an individual to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the…

18A:7F-4.5 Committee, established, standards, review. 2. The Department of Education shall convene a committee comprised of educators, the majority of which shall include certified school library media specialists, as well as teaching staff members across a broad spectrum of subj…

18A:7F-4.6 Public hearings, comment. 3. Prior to adopting New Jersey Student Learning Standards concerning information literacy, the State board shall conduct at least one public hearing in the northern part of the State, at least one public hearing in the central part of the Sta…

18A:7F-4.7 Effective date; adopted standards, concurrent. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. The standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2022, c.138 (C.18A:7F-4.4) shall occur concurrent with each update to the New J…

18A:7F-41 Supplementation of accounts, establishment of reserve accounts by board of education or board of school estimate. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary: a. A board of education or board of school estimate, as appropriate, may supplem…

18A:7F-42 Rules, regulations. 7. a. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-37 et al.), the Commissioner of Education shall promulgate emergency rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 2 through 6 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F…

18A:7F-43 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Funding Reform Act of 2008." L.2007, c.260, s.1.

18A:7F-44 Findings, declarations relative to school funding reforms. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Constitution of the State of New Jersey states that the Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free pub…

18A:7F-45 Definitions relative to school funding reform. 3. As used in P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) and P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-1 et al.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "At-risk pupils" means those resident pupils from households with a househ…

18A:7F-46 Review, update of core curriculum content standards; Educational Adequacy Report, development of T & E standards. 4. a. The State Board of Education shall review and update the core curriculum content standards every five years. The standards shall ensure that all child…

18A:7F-48 Calculation of equalization aid. 6. Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year and for each school year thereafter, the amount of equalization aid for the budget year shall equal the total Statewide equalization aid calculated pursuant to section 11 of this act for the preb…

18A:7F-49 Determination of base per pupil amount; grade level weights. 7. The commissioner shall determine, based on the standards established pursuant to section 4 of this act, a base per pupil amount, and shall develop appropriate weights reflecting the differing costs of provi…

18A:7F-5 Notification of districts of aid payable; budget submissions. 5. As used in this section, "cost of living" means the CPI as defined in section 3 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45). a. Within 30 days following the approval of the Educational Adequacy Report, the commissione…

18A:7F-5.2 Sale, lease-back of textbooks; funds classification. 4. a. Proceeds from the sale and lease-back of textbooks and non-consumable instructional materials shall not be considered miscellaneous local general fund revenue for the purpose of calculating the net budget. b. A…

18A:7F-5.3 Additional supporting documents for budget submissions relative to certain school employees. 4. a. In addition to other items prescribed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), the Commissioner of Educati…

18A:7F-5.4 Submission of temporary budget for the school year. 41. A board of education of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1) and which has determined to submit a…

18A:7F-5.5 Proposals for additional funds. 42. In the case of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1), if the voters authorize the proposal or proposals for additional…

18A:7F-5.6 Recertification of sums to be raised. 43. In the case of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1), if the voters approve a proposal or proposals for addition…

18A:7F-5.7 Actions deemed necessary for taxation purposes. 44. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs and the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury , in consultation with the Commissioner o…

18A:7F-50 Calculation of weighted enrollment for each school district. 8. a. The weighted enrollment for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: WENR = (PW x PENR) + (EW x EENR) + (MW x MENR) + (HW x HENR) where PW is the applica…

18A:7F-51 Calculation of adequacy budget. 9. a. The adequacy budget for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: AB = (BC + AR Cost + LEP Cost + COMB Cost + SE Census) x GCA where BC is the district's or county vocational school d…

18A:7F-52 Determination of equalization aid. 10. Each school district and county vocational school district shall receive equalization aid predicated on a local share determined by district property wealth and district income. a. Each district's local share shall be calculated as…

18A:7F-53 Calculation of equalization aid. 11. Each school district's and county vocational school district's equalization aid shall be calculated as follows: EQAID = AB - LSHARE provided that EQAID shall not be less than zero; and where AB is the district's adequacy budget calcu…

18A:7F-54 Access to full-day preschool; calculation of preschool education aid. 12. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) (1) In the case of a school district that received preschool education aid in the 2024-2025 school year, preschool education aid shall be calculated as f…

18A:7F-54.1 Preschool expansion grants, annual opportunity, criteria. 6. a. The Department of Education shall, within the limit of funds appropriated, annually provide at least one opportunity to award preschool expansion grants in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2025, c.10…

18A:7F-55 Calculation of special education categorical aid. 13. a. Special education categorical aid for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: SE = (RE x SEACR x AEC x 1/3) x GCA where RE is the resident enrollment of the schoo…