New Jersey § 18a:46-9

§ 18a:46-9.

Each child classified pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:46-8 as having an intellectual disability shall be similarly further identified, examined and classified into one of the following

subcategories: a. Educable children with intellectual disabilities who may be expected to succeed with a minimum of supervision in homes and schools and

community life and are characterized particularly by reasonable expectation that at

maturity they will be capable of vocational and social independence in competitive

environment s ; b. Trainable children with intellectual disabilities who are so intellectually disabled that they cannot be classified as educable but are, notwithstanding, potentially

capable of self-help, of communicating satisfactorily, or participating in groups,

of directing their behavior so as not to be dangerous to themselves or others and

of achieving with training some degree of personal independence and social and economic

usefulness within sheltered environments; c. Children eligible for day training, who are incapable of giving evidence of understanding and responding in a positive manner

to simple directions expressed in the child's primary mode of communication and who

cannot in some manner express basic wants and needs.