New Jersey § 18a:36b-21
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:36b-21, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:36b-21.
a. (1) The school board of a sending district may adopt a resolution to restrict enrollment
of its students in a choice district to a maximum of 10% of the number of students
per grade level per year limited by any resolution adopted pursuant to this paragraph
and 15% of the total number of students enrolled in the sending district, provided
that the resolution shall be subject to approval by the commissioner upon a determination
that the resolution is in the best interest of the district's students and that it
will not adversely affect the district's programs, services, operations, or fiscal
conditions, and that the resolution will not adversely affect or limit the diversity
of the remainder of the student population in the district who do not participate
in the choice program. (2) Enrollment restriction percentages adopted by any resolution pursuant to paragraph
(1) of this subsection shall not be compounded from year to year and shall be based
upon the enrollment counts for the year preceding the sending district's initial year
of participation in the choice program, except that in any year of the program in
which there is an increase in enrollment, the percentage enrollment restriction may
be applied to the increase and the result added to the preceding year's count of students
eligible to attend a choice district. If there is a decrease in enrollment at any time during the duration of the program,
the number of students eligible to attend a choice district shall be the number of
students enrolled in the choice program in the initial year of the district's participation
in the program, provided that a student attending a choice district school shall be
entitled to remain enrolled in that school until graduation. (3) The calculation of the enrollment of a sending district shall be based on the
enrollment count as reported on the Application for State School Aid in October preceding
the school year during which the restriction on enrollment shall be applicable. b. A choice district shall not be eligible to enroll students on a tuition basis pursuant
to N.J.S.18A:38-3 while participating in the interdistrict public school choice program. Any student enrolled on a tuition basis prior to the establishment of the choice
program shall be entitled to remain enrolled in the choice district as a choice student.
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