New Jersey § 18a:36b-17
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§ 18a:36b-17.
a. A proposed choice district shall submit an application to the commissioner no later
than April 30 in the year prior to the school year in which the choice program will
be implemented; except that for the first year of implementation of the program pursuant
to P.L.2010, c. 65 ( C.18A:36B-14 et seq. ), the application shall be submitted no later than the date specified by the commissioner. The application shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) a description of programs and schools and the number of student openings in each
school identified by grade level which are available for selection; (2) the provision for the creation of a parent information center; (3) a description of the student application process and any criteria required for
admission; and (4) an analysis of the potential impact of the program on student population diversity
in all potential participating districts and a plan for maintaining diversity in all
potential participating districts, which plan shall not be used to supersede a court-ordered
or administrative court-ordered desegregation plan. The commissioner shall notify a choice district of the approval or disapproval of
its application no later than July 30, and the reasons for disapproval shall be included
in the notice; except that for the first year of implementation of the program pursuant
to P.L.2010, c. 65 ( C.18A:36B-14 et seq. ), notification shall be no later than the date specified by the commissioner. The commissioner shall notify the State Board of Education of the approval of a choice
district application and the State board shall include a public notice of the approval
on the next agenda for its public monthly meeting. b. The commissioner may take appropriate action, consistent with State and federal
law, to provide that student population diversity in all districts participating in
a choice district program is maintained. Student population diversity shall include, but not be limited to, the ethnic, racial,
economic, and geographic diversity of a district's student population. The actions may include, but need not be limited to: (1) directing a choice district to take appropriate steps to implement successfully
the district's plan for maintaining student population diversity; (2) restricting the number of choice students from a sending district or the authority
of a choice district to accept choice students in the future; and (3) revoking approval of the choice district. Any choice student who is attending a designated school in a choice district at
the time of the commissioner's revocation of approval shall be entitled to continue
to be enrolled in that school until graduation.
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