N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:14-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 6A:14-7.5 - Responsibilities of district boards of education

(a) The educational program of a student with a disability provided through contractual agreements pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-7.1(a) shall be considered the educational program of the district board of education. The district board of education shall be responsible for the development and annual review of the student's IEP and the reevaluation of the student. At least annually, the district board of education shall monitor the implementation of the IEP.

1. For students with disabilities placed in programs described in 6A:14-7.1(a), representative(s) of the program and the district board of education shall participate in meeting(s) according to 6A:14-2.3(k)2.

(b) When a student with a disability is placed in a receiving school pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-7.1(a), the district board of education shall provide written notification to the Department of Education through the county office of education within 10 calendar days of the placement. The notification shall include a copy of the student's IEP.

1. A district board of education shall place a student with a disability in a receiving school only when it can assure that the student's IEP can be implemented in that setting.

i. The IEP of a student placed in a receiving school shall be amended by only the IEP team of the district board of education.

2. Prior to placement in the receiving school, a representative of the district board of education and, if possible, the parent shall visit the school.

3. When a district board of education places a student with a disability in an approved residential private school in order to provide the student a free, appropriate public education, the placement shall be at no cost to the parent. The district board of education shall be responsible for special education costs, room, and board.

4. Placement of a student with a disability in an approved residential private school by a public agency other than the district board of education shall be subject to the rules governing public agencies and in this chapter. The district board of education shall pay the nonresidential special education and related services costs. When the student has been placed by a public agency empowered to make such placement, the district board of education shall convene a meeting pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-2.3(k) to revise the IEP as necessary to provide the student special education and related services.

(c) If the approval of a private school for students with disabilities is removed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-7.10(b)2 or 6A:23A-18.15(f)2, a district board of education having a student with a disability placed therein shall immediately begin seeking an alternative, appropriate placement for the student.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:14-7.5

Amended by R.2000 d.230, effective 6/5/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 755(a), 32 N.J.R. 2052(a).
In (c), deleted a reference to each school year.
Amended by R.2006 d.315, effective 9/5/2006.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2253(a), 38 N.J.R. 3530(b).
In (a)1, updated the last N.J.A.C. reference; rewrote (b)1; in (b)4, updated the N.J.A.C. reference, inserted "and related services" and added "to provide the student special education and related services" at the end; deleted former (c) and recodified former (d) as new (c), substituting "students with disabilities" for "the disabled".

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 1822(b), effective 10/5/2020