N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:7-1.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 6A:7-1.8 - Accountability

(a) The district board of education's obligation to be accountable for the chapter's requirements is not precluded or alleviated by any rule or regulation of any recreational organization, club, athletic association, or other league or organizing group.

(b) Each school district shall complete a comprehensive equity plan that includes a cohesive set of policies, programs, and practices that ensure high expectations, positive achievement patterns, and equitable access to educational opportunities for all learners, including students and teachers.

(c) The comprehensive equity plan shall include the following:

1. An assessment of the school district's needs for achieving equity in educational activities and programs. The assessment shall include staffing practices, quality-of-program data, stakeholdersatisfaction data, and student assessment data disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, multilingual learner status, homeless status, special education, migrant, date of enrollment, student suspension, expulsion, child study team referrals, preschool-through-grade-12 promotion/retention data, preschool-through-grade-12 completion rates, attendance data, and re-examination and re-evaluation of classification and placement process of students in special education programs if there is disproportionality within certain groups;

2. A description of how other Federal, State, and school district policies, programs, and practices are aligned to the comprehensive equity plan;

3. Progress targets for closing the achievement and opportunity gaps;

4. Professional development targets regarding the knowledge and skills needed to provide a thorough and efficient education as defined by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS), differentiated instruction, and formative assessments aligned to the NJSLS and professional standards for teachers and school leaders; and

5. Annual targets that address school district needs in equity in school and classroom practices and are aligned to professional development targets.

(d) The district board of education shall implement the comprehensive equity plan within 60 days of the executive county superintendent's certification of completion.

(e) If the district board of education does not implement the comprehensive equity plan within 60 days of the executive county superintendent's certification of completion date, or fails to report its progress annually, sanctions deemed to be appropriate by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee shall be imposed. Sanctions may include action to suspend, terminate, or refuse to award continued Federal or State financial assistance, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:55-2.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:7-1.8

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 590(b), effective 4/4/2016

Adopted by 55 N.J.R. 1877(a), effective 9/5/2023