New Jersey § 18a:27-10
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:27-10, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:27-10.
a. As used in this section, “ paraprofessional ” means an individual who is employed in a school district as a school aide or classroom
aide who assists a teaching staff member with the supervision of pupil activities. b. Prior to the beginning of the first full academic year following the enactment
of P.L.2009, c. 227 ( C.18A:27-10.1 et seq. ), a regionally-accredited institution of higher education offering coursework for
a New Jersey instructional certificate shall adopt policies and procedures to allow
a student who is enrolled in a teacher preparation program offered by the institution
and who is a paraprofessional employed in a school district that receives funding
under Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. s.6301 et seq. ) to perform his student teaching experience in the district in which he is employed. The institution shall enter into an agreement with the district in which the paraprofessional
is employed to authorize the student teaching. c. Prior to the beginning of the first full school year following the enactment of P.L.2009, c. 227 ( C.18A:27-10.1 et seq. ), a school district that receives funding under Title I of the federal Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. s.6301 et seq. ) shall adopt policies and procedures to allow a paraprofessional who is employed
by the district and who is enrolled in a teacher preparation program at a regionally-accredited
institution of higher education to perform his student teaching experience in the
district. The district shall enter into an agreement with the institution of higher education
in which the paraprofessional is enrolled to authorize the student teaching experience
in the district. d. A school district that receives funding under Title I of the federal Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. s.6301 et seq. ) shall provide, if feasible, a paraprofessional who is student teaching in the district
pursuant to this section with a modified work schedule that enables the paraprofessional
to complete the student teaching experience while employed as a paraprofessional.
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