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N.J.A.C. 6A:32. School District Operations

Table of Contents

Subchapter 1. Scope and Purpose

6A:32-1.1 Scope and purpose

Subchapter 2. Definitions

6A:32-2.1 Definitions

Subchapter 3. District Boards of Education - General

6A:32-3.1 Special meetings of district boards of education

6A:32-4.3 Access to personnel records

Subchapter 5. Seniority

6A:32-5.1 Standards for determining seniority

Subchapter 6. School Employee Physical or Psychiatric Examinations

6A:32-6.1 Scope and purpose

6A:32-6.2 Policies and procedures for physical or psychiatric examinations

6A:32-6.3 Requirements of physical or psychiatric examinations

Subchapter 7. Student Records

6A:32-7.1 General considerations

6A:32-7.2 School contact directory for official use

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6A:32-7.6 Conditions for access to student records

Subchapter 8. Student Attendance and Accounting

6A:32-8.1 School register

6A:32-8.2 School enrollment

6A:32-8.3 Day in session

6A:32-8.4 Student attendance

6A:32-8.5 Average daily attendance

6A:32-8.6 Absentee and chronic absenteeism rates

Subchapter 9. Athletics Procedures

6A:32-9.1 General requirements

Subchapter 10. Summer School Sessions

6A:32-11.2 Investigation and report by executive county superintendent

6A:32-11.3 Special school election

6A:32-11.4 Final determination of board of review

6A:32-11.5 Effective date of withdrawal

Subchapter 12. Kindergarten

6A:32-12.1 Kindergarten programs

Subchapter 13. Virtual or Remote Instruction

6A:32-13.1 Virtual or remote instruction

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6A:32-13.2 Virtual or remote instruction in approved private schools for students with disabilities

Subchapter 14. Voter Registration

6A:32-14.1 Distribution

6A:32-14.2 Statement of assurance

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Chapter 32. School District Operations

The rules in this chapter are intended to provide assistance to district boards of education and

unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Access” means the right to view, make notes, and/or reproduce a student record.

“Adult student” means a person who is at least 18 years of age or is an emancipated minor.

“Advanced course” means any course or subject not previously taken in an approved school district

program for which additional credits or advanced placement may be awarded upon successful

completion of the course.

“Board of school estimate” means a group of individuals who are appointed in accordance with

N.J.S.A. 18A:22-1 and 2 and are responsible for annually preparing a budget for Type I school

districts pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:22-7.

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“Chief school administrator” means the superintendent of schools or the administrative principal if

there is no superintendent. At N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7, 8, and 13, “chief school administrator” includes

“Days in membership” means the number of school days in session in which a student is enrolled.

time.

“Endorsement” means as defined in N.J.A.C. 6A:9-2.1.

awarded.

“Executive county superintendent” means a person appointed to serve as executive county

superintendent of schools pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7-1 et seq.

“Health history” means the record of a person’s past health events obtained in writing, completed

by the individual or the individual’s physician.

“Health screening” means the use of one or more diagnostic tools to test a person for the presence

or precursors of a particular disease.

statute, regulation, or authorized administrative directive.

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“Paraprofessional” means a school or classroom aide who assists appropriately certified personnel

with the supervision of student activities.

“Parent” means the natural or adoptive parent, legal guardian, surrogate parent appointed pursuant

to N.J.A.C. 6A:14-2.2, or a person acting in the place of a parent (such as a grandparent or

retains all rights pursuant to this chapter. In addition, a resource family parent may act as a parent

pursuant to this chapter if the parent’s authority to make education decisions on the student’s

3. The address of the student or the student’s family;

4. The email address of the student, the student’s parent(s), or other family members;

5. The telephone number of the student, the student’s parent(s), or other family

members;

6. A personal identifier, such as the student’s Social Security number, student number,

or biometric record;

7. A photo of the student;

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8. The location and times of class trips;

9. Other indirect identifiers, such as the student’s date of birth, place of birth, and

10. Other information that, alone or in combination, is linked or linkable to a specific

student that would allow a reasonable person in the school community who does not

have personal knowledge of the relevant circumstances to identify the student with

“Remedial course” means any course or subject that is a review of a course or subject previously

taken and for which credits or placement may be awarded upon successful completion of the course.

instructor are in different locations due to the closure of the facility(ies) of the district board of

education, charter school, renaissance school project, or approved private school for students with

disabilities. The closure of the facility(ies) shall be pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9 or 18A:46-21.1

and for more than three consecutive school days due to a declared state of emergency, a declared

public health emergency, or a directive by the appropriate health agency or officer to institute a

public health-related closure.

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“School contact directory for official use” means a compilation by a district board of education that

includes the following information for each student: name, address, telephone number, date of

enforcement, and medical personnel.

elementary schools having departmental instruction.

“Student discipline record” means information regarding all disciplinary actions taken against a

student by a school district pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:36-25.1.b and that is maintained in a

student’s record.

“Student information directory” means a publication of a district board of education that includes

the following information relating to a student. It shall be used only by authorized school district

personnel and for designated official use by judicial, law enforcement, and medical personnel and

not for general public consumption.

1. Name;

2. Grade level;

3. Date and place of birth;

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7. Weight and height relating to athletic team membership;

8. Degrees;

10. The most recent educational agency attended by the student; and

11. Other similar information.

school district and maintained within the school district, regardless of the physical form in which it

is maintained. Essential in this definition is the idea that any information that is maintained for the

“Supervisor” means any appropriately certified individual assigned with the responsibility for the

direction and guidance of the work of teaching staff members.

“Virtual instruction” means the provision of active instruction when the student and the instructor

are in different locations and instruction is facilitated through the internet and computer

technologies due the closure of the facility(ies) of the district board of education, charter school,

renaissance school project, or approved private school for students with disabilities. The closure of

ii. District boards of education shall adopt, for each supervisory position, a job

11. High school vice principal or assistant principal;

12. Adult high school vice principal or assistant principal;

13. Alternative school vice principal or assistant principal;

i. Any person holding an instructional certificate with endorsements shall have

iii. Any person employed at the secondary level in a position requiring an

iv. Persons employed and providing services on a districtwide basis under an

18. Elementary:

i. To reorganize instruction at grades seven and eight pursuant to this

iv. Any person serving under an elementary endorsement in departmentally

19. Additional categories of specific educational service endorsements issued by the

State Board of Examiners and listed in N.J.A.C. 6A:9B.

in the school district and the creation of schools with a grade-level organization that

includes grades seven and eight, the seniority rights of the junior high or middle school

principals, vice principals, and assistant principals displaced by the restructuring shall be

(a) This subchapter designates the minimum assessments to be used by district boards of

education in establishing physical examinations for candidates for employment and

physical or psychiatric examinations of school district employees.

6A:32-6.2 Policies and procedures for physical or psychiatric examinations

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:16-2, district boards of education shall adopt written policies and

requirements for physical examinations. The written policies also shall establish procedures

to assure confidentiality during the collection, transmission, and storage of medical records

of candidates for employment.

(b) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:16-2.a, the district board of education may require physical or

psychiatric examinations of school employees. The written policies shall provide for

examinations. The written policies also shall establish procedures to assure confidentiality

during the collection, transmission, and storage of employee medical records.

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:16-2, district boards of education shall require candidates for

psychiatric examinations of a school district employee whenever, in the district board of

education’s judgment, an employee shows evidence of deviation from normal physical or

mental health. The purpose of the physical or psychiatric examination shall be to determine

the employee’s physical and mental fitness to perform, with reasonable accommodation,

the position the employee currently holds, or to detect any health risk(s) to students and

other employees. When a district board of education requires an employee to undergo a

physical or psychiatric examination:

i. The determination of such a hearing shall be appealable to the

confidentiality of medical information, in accordance with P.L. 104-191, Health

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

(c) An individual employee may provide health-status information, including medications, that

(d) Health records of candidates for employment and of current employees, including

(e) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:16-3, the district board of education shall bear the cost of

examinations made by a physician or institution designated by the district board of education.

However, the employee shall bear the cost if the examination is performed by a physician or

institution designated by the employee with approval of the district board of education.

(a) This subchapter applies to all district boards of education, charter schools, renaissance

school projects, approved private schools for students with disabilities, and private agencies

that provide educational services by means of public funds. Throughout this subchapter,

unless otherwise indicated, “district board of education” refers to the governing body for

(b) Each district board of education shall compile and maintain student records and regulate

access in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20

U.S.C. § 1232g, and 34 CFR Part 99, disclosure, or communication of information

school personnel who originate(s) the record.

applicable State and Federal laws and district board of education policies shall be made

available upon request. The district board of education shall make every effort to notify

parents and adult students in their dominant language.

(e) Nonadult students may assert rights of access only through their parent(s). However,

nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit certified school personnel from

disclosing, at their discretion, student records to nonadult students or to appropriate persons

in connection with an emergency, if the information contained in the record is necessary to

protect the health or safety of the student or other persons.

(f) The parent or adult student shall have access to the student’s records and have access to, or

be specifically informed about, only the portion of another student’s record that contains

(g) Each district board of education shall establish written policies and procedures for student

records that:

1. Guarantee access to persons authorized under this subchapter within 10 days of a

4. Provide for inclusion in a student record any educationally relevant information

6. Provide the parent or adult student a 10-day period to submit to the chief school

administrator a written statement prohibiting the inclusion of any or all types of

information about the student in any student information directory before allowing

access to the directory and school facilities to educational, occupational, and

military recruiters pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:36-19.1 and P.L. 114-95, § 8528,

Armed Forces Recruiter Access to Students and Student Recruiting Information of

the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015;

7. Provide, pursuant to (b) above, the parent or adult student a 10-day period to submit

to the chief school administrator a written statement to exclude information from

8. Assure limited access to student records by secretarial and clerical personnel

pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7.5;

9. Provide for the access and security of student records maintained in an electronic

(h) All anecdotal information and assessment reports collected on a student shall be dated and

personnel to determine the education relevance of the information contained therein. The

reviewer shall cause information no longer descriptive of the student or educational program to

be deleted from the record, except that prior notice shall be given for students with disabilities

in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:14, Special Education. The deleted information shall be

disposed of and not be recorded elsewhere. No record of any such deletion shall be made.

(j) No liability shall be attached to any member, officer, or employee of any district board of

education permitting access or furnishing student records in accordance with this subchapter.

(k) When the parent’s or adult student’s dominant language is not English or the parent or

adult student is deaf, the district board of education shall provide interpretation of the

(l) Student health records shall be maintained separately from other student records. Student

health records also shall be maintained according to the requirements of this subchapter

until such time as graduation or termination, whereupon the health history and

use only to judicial and law enforcement personnel, and to medical personnel currently

providing services to the student in question. Upon request from a court, other judicial

agency, law enforcement agency, or medical service provider currently providing services

to the student in question, school personnel shall promptly verify the enrollment of a

student and provide the requester with all information about the student that is contained in

the school contact directory for official use.

(c) A parent, adult student, or emancipated minor shall notify, in writing, the district board of

6A:32-7.3 Mandated student records

school project boards of trustees. Throughout this section, unless otherwise indicated, “district

board of education” refers to the governing body of each of the three types of agencies.

gender, standardized assessment results, grades, record of daily attendance, classes

attended, grade level completed, year completed, and years of attendance;

6A:32-7.4 Maintenance and security of student records

(a) The chief school administrator, or the chief school administrator’s designee, shall be

responsible for the security of student records maintained in the school district and shall

devise procedures for assuring that access to student records is limited to authorized persons.

(b) District boards of education may store all student records either electronically or in paper format.

1. No student record shall be altered or disposed of during the time period between a

request to review the record and the actual review of the record.

access requires the consent of parents or adult students shall submit to the chief

school administrator, or the chief school administrator’s designee, the request in

writing, together with any required authorization.

who have assigned educational responsibility for the individual student, an entry shall

4. Prior to disclosure of student records to organizations, agencies, or persons outside

the school district pursuant to a court order, the district board of education shall

give the parent or adult student at least three days’ notice of the name of the

requesting agency and the specific records requested unless otherwise judicially

instructed. The notification shall be provided in writing, if practicable. Only records

related to the specific purpose of the court order shall be disclosed.

i. Notice to the parent shall not be required when the parent is party to a court

5. A record may be withheld from a parent or from an adult student only when the

district board of education obtains a court order or is provided with evidence that

designated by the court order shall be withheld. When the district board of

education has, or obtains, evidence of such court order, the parent or adult student

shall be notified in writing within five days of the request that access to the record

request:

1. Expungement of inaccurate, irrelevant, or otherwise improper information from the

student record;

2. Insertion of additional data, as well as reasonable comments regarding the meaning

and/or accuracy of the student record;

3. The immediate stay of disclosure pending final determination of the challenged

procedure as described in this subchapter; and/or

(b) To request a change in the student record or to request a stay of disclosure pending final

determination of the challenged procedure, a parent or adult student shall notify, in writing,

1. Within 10 school days of notification, the chief school administrator, or the chief

school administrator’s designee, shall notify the parent or adult student of the

school district’s decision. If the school district disagrees with the request, the chief

3. If an appeal is made to the district board of education, the district board of

Disputes. At all stages of the appeal process, the parent or adult student shall be

afforded a full and fair opportunity to present evidence relevant to the issue.

5. A record of the appeal proceedings and outcome shall be made a part of the student

record with copies made available to the parent or adult student.

(c) Appeals relating to student records of students with disabilities shall be processed in

accordance with the requirements of (b) above.

(d) Regardless of the outcome of an appeal, a parent or adult student shall be permitted to place

in the student record a statement commenting upon the information in the student record or

setting forth any reasons for contesting a portion of the student record, including the decision

made in the appeal. The parent’s or adult student’s statement shall be maintained as part of

the student record, as long as the contested portion of the student record is maintained. If the

upon the information shall also be disclosed to that party.

(a) This section applies to only district boards of education and charter school and renaissance

school project boards of trustees. Throughout this section, unless otherwise indicated,

1. The district board of education shall retain the student health record and the health

history and immunization record according to the school district records retention

schedule, as determined by the New Jersey State Records Committee.

(c) Student records of currently enrolled students, other than the records described at (f) below,

may be disposed of after the information is no longer necessary to provide educational

services to a student. The disposition shall be carried out only after the parent or adult

student has been notified in writing and written permission has been granted, or after

1. The parent or adult student shall be notified in writing that a copy of the entire

student record will be provided to them upon request.

disposed of, but only in accordance with the Destruction of Public Records Law,

N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq. The disposition shall be carried out only after the parent or

adult student has been notified in writing and written permission has been granted,

(e) No additions shall be made to the record after graduation or permanent departure without

gender, health history and immunization, standardized assessment results, grades, attendance,

classes attended, grade level completed, year completed, and years of attendance.

6A:32-8.1 School register

(a) This subchapter applies to all district boards of education, charter schools, renaissance

school projects, approved private schools for students with disabilities, and private agencies

that provide educational services by means of public funds. Throughout this subchapter,

unless otherwise indicated, “district board of education” refers to the governing body of

each of the five types of agencies.

of all students in a manual school register format or in an electronic format of the school

district’s choosing.

(c) The Commissioner will issue and publish on the Department’s website guidance for

administrator shall keep in the school register, attendance of all students, and shall maintain

marked absent for the period beginning the first day the student is unable to attend school and

ending the day before the first instructional day at the student’s place of confinement.

Absences shall not be recorded for the student while on home instruction, provided the hours

of instruction are no less than required by N.J.A.C. 6A:14-4.8 and 4.9 and 6A:16-10.1 and

10.2. The number of possible days in membership for a student on home instruction shall be

the same as for other students in the program in which the student is enrolled.

less the number of transfers, withdrawals, or dropouts in any such unit during a school year.

The total number of original entries and re-entries, less the number of transfers, withdrawals,

school enrollment for the district board of education during any school year.

(b) A student attending a school operated by a district board of education shall not be

concurrently enrolled in more than one school register in any school district during a school

1. Kindergarten: older than four years and younger than six years;

years.

(d) Within 10 school days of the start of the school year, a school district shall determine

whether a student who attended the previous year but not the current school year has an

excused absence or has transferred, withdrawn, or dropped out of the school district.

(e) Any student enrolled in a school district who moves to another school district in the same

school year shall be included in the school register in the new school district upon

enrollment.

(f) The average daily enrollment in a school district for a school year shall be the sum of the

total days in membership of all enrolled students when schools were in session during the

year, divided by the number of days in session. The average daily enrollment for the

programs of instruction or schools of a school district having varying lengths of terms shall

instruction or schools.

(a) A day in session shall be a day on which the school is scheduled to provide instruction and

students are under the guidance and direction of a teacher(s) engaged in the teaching

full day in kindergarten.

(a) For all State attendance submissions, a student shall be recorded as present, absent, or

excused for a State-excused absence, pursuant to (e) below, on every day the school is in

session after the student enrolls until the date the student is transferred to another school or

officially leaves the school district.

(b) A record of attendance of all students shall be kept in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:32-

(c) A student enrolled in a school shall be recorded in the school register as present if the

student participates in instruction or instruction-related activities for at least half a day in

location, or in a virtual or remote instruction setting, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:32-13.

(d) A student enrolled in a school who is not participating in instruction or instruction-related

activities pursuant to (c) above shall be recorded in the school register as absent, unless the

3. Participation in district board of election membership activities, pursuant to

N.J.S.A. 18A:36-33;

4. Take Our Children to Work Day;

5. College visit(s), up to three days per school year for students in grades 11 and 12; and

6. Closure of a busing school district that prevents a student from having

transportation to the receiving school.

(f) For absences that do not meet the criteria at (e) above, district boards of education may

adopt policies that establish locally approved or excused absences consistent with N.J.A.C.

6A:16-7.6 for the purposes of expectations and consequences regarding truancy, student

conduct, promotion, retention, and the award of course credit. However, an absence

designated as excused by the district board of education pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.6

absenteeism reporting, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 6A:32-8.6.

The average daily attendance rate in a school district school or program of instruction for a school year

shall be the total number of the days present of all enrolled students, divided by the number of days in

6A:32-8.6 Absentee and chronic absenteeism rates

days present from the student’s days in membership and dividing the result by the student’s

days in membership.

1. State-excused absences shall not be included in a student’s days in membership for

purposes of calculating a student’s absentee rate.

(b) If a student’s absentee rate is equal to or greater than 10 percent, the student shall be

identified as chronically absent.

(c) Each school with 10 percent or more of its enrolled students identified as chronically

absent shall develop a corrective action plan to improve absenteeism rates. In accordance

district or municipality and the remaining regional school district. The estimated

projected enrollments shall be based on growth factors using average percentages

(master plan elements, zoning maps), including any annual reports or summaries of

land-use approvals within the past five years;

3. Enrollment data, by grade level, showing the racial composition of the present

including the distribution of current operating expenses among the constituent

6. The average equalized valuations of the real property of each constituent school district

or municipality of the regional school district as set forth in N.J.S.A. 18A:24-1 et seq.;

7. The borrowing margin of each constituent school district or municipality of the

regional school district as determined by N.J.S.A. 18A:24-1 et seq., and the revised

borrowing margin of each constituent school district or municipality and the

withdrawing school district or municipality, if approval were to be granted;

8. The apportionment by dollar amounts and percentages of debt service for the

current school year among all the constituent school districts or municipalities of

the regional school district;

9. The replacement costs of school buildings, additions, grounds, furnishings, and

equipment of the regional school district, and the replacement cost of any school

district situated in the withdrawing school district or municipality. The Department

will calculate the school building replacement costs as follows:

i. The current overall cost per square foot for school construction in New

remaining regional school district following withdrawal in the manner provided by

N.J.S.A. 18A:8-24;

(b) The executive county superintendent report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. A proposed educational plan for the withdrawing constituent school district or

municipality, if withdrawal were to be approved, including the effects of such

withdrawal upon the educational program of the remaining regional school district and

on the provision of adequate public school facilities and services at a reasonable cost;

2. A summary of the advantages and disadvantages of withdrawal to both the withdrawing

constituent school district or municipality and the remaining regional school district; and

3. A recommendation from the executive county superintendent regarding the request

for withdrawal from the regional school district.

board of education of the regional school district shall not incur any additional indebtedness

for capital projects, pending either the rejection of the proposal at a special school election or

an effective date of withdrawal as determined by the Commissioner.

6A:32-11.3 Special school election

election, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:13-57 or 18A:13-72.

(b) To be effective, the proposal shall be adopted by a majority of the legal votes cast within

the withdrawing constituent school district or municipality, and, in addition, a majority of

the combined legal votes cast within the remainder of the regional school district.

6A:32-11.4 Final determination of board of review

The board of review, which shall consist of the Commissioner as chairperson, the State Treasurer

or designee, and the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of

municipality(ies) and the remaining regional school district, or in the remaining constituent school

districts in the event of a dissolution.

6A:32-11.5 Effective date of withdrawal

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determines that a student is ready for such instruction.

(b) Each kindergarten teacher shall be properly certified pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:9B, State

Abbott v. Burke, 153 N.J. 480 (1998) (“Abbott V”); 177 N.J. 578 (2003) (“Abbott X”).

maintain a maximum enrollment for a kindergarten classroom of 25 students per teacher.

School districts subject to the Abbott decisions or in which 40 percent or more of the

students are “at-risk” as defined at P.L. 2007, c. 260 shall follow the provisions for

kindergarten at N.J.A.C. 6A:13-3.2.

N.J.A.C. 6A:13-3.2 may submit a written request to the executive county

superintendent for permission to increase the number of students in a kindergarten

classroom, provided another teacher, a paraprofessional is employed full-time to

Subchapter 13. Virtual or Remote Instruction

(a) This section applies to all district boards of education, charter school and renaissance

school project boards of trustees, and private agencies that provide educational services by

means of public funds. Throughout this section, unless otherwise indicated, “district board

public health emergency, or a directive by the appropriate health agency or officer to

institute a public health-related closure for more than three consecutive school days, the

chief school administrator shall have the authority to implement the school district’s

program of virtual or remote instruction, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9.

1. If implemented by the chief school administrator, the school district’s program of

virtual or remote instruction shall be provided to an enrolled student, whether a

general education student in preschool through grade 12 or a student with a

disability aged three to 21.

ii. Related services may be delivered to general education students and

following conditions:

2. The virtual or remote instruction meets the Commissioner-established criteria for

the occurrence of one of the events at (b) above;

3. The school district’s program of virtual or remote instruction:

i. Explains, to the greatest extent possible, the equitable delivery of, and

learning plans that will maximize student growth and learning;

and learning in a virtual or remote instruction environment; and

digital divide issue(s), including a lack of access to the internet,

network, or devices;

ii. Addresses the needs of students with disabilities and includes descriptions of the

and other meetings to identify, evaluate, and/or reevaluate students

with disabilities;

iii. Addresses the needs of multilingual learners (MLs) and include the

(ESL) and/or bilingual education program aligned with State and

Federal requirements to meet the needs of MLs;

providing translation materials, interpretative services, and

sheltered instruction, Universal Design for Learning, access to

technology, and strategies to ensure MLs access the same standard of

affected by forced migration from their home country;

including how the school district will determine whether a student is

present or absent during virtual or remote instruction, and how a

student’s attendance will factor into promotion, retention,

graduation, discipline, and any other decisions that will reflect the

student’s performance;

v. Describes how the school district is communicating with the parents when a

vi. Includes a plan for the continued safe delivery of meals to eligible students;

vii. Includes an outline of how buildings will be maintained throughout an

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(d) If provided under the district board of education’s program that has been approved by the

Commissioner, student attendance for a day of virtual or remote instruction shall be

accounted for in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:32-8.4 for the purposes of meeting State and

local graduation requirements, the awarding of course credit, and other matters as

determined by the Commissioner.

6A:32-13.2 Virtual or remote instruction in approved private schools for students with

disabilities (APSSDs)

(a) If the State or local health department determines that it is advisable to close, or mandates

closure of, an approved private schools for students with disabilities (APSSD) due to a

than three consecutive school days, the full-time non-teaching principal shall have the

authority to implement the APSSD’s Department-approved program of virtual or remote