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November 6, 2017
This special announcement will provide you with up-to-date information on pertinent educational issues that are part of the State Board's agenda.
Eyes on the NJ State Board of Education
Meeting Date: November 1, 2017
Commissioner's Report
Lighthouse Initiative
Left, Mainland Regional High School Chief Education Officer Mark Marrone presents, "Building One Family, One School, One Community"
NJDOE
recognized seven
Lighthouse Districts for illuminating the path toward academic growth and student success. The Lighthouse District Initiative is a result of conversations with many educators, families, community members, and students who encouraged the state to focus on growth. "We are committed to giving the Lighthouse districts the platform to be models for how to use data to tell the story about what students need and to support other districts in lighting their own path for their students' success," Commissioner Harrington added. The seven school districts recognized as Lighthouse Districts include: Mainland Regional, Atlantic; Beverly City, Burlington; Black Horse Pike, Camden; Cape May City, Cape May; Highlands, Monmouth; Mine Hill Township, Morris; and Washington Township, Warren.
State Board of Education Adopts
After a
presentation by NJDOE Asst. Commissioner Robert L. Bumpus, the State Board adopted the sunset readoption with amendments pertaining to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) regulations at
N.J.A.C. 6A:30 pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 18A:7A-10 et seq. and 18A: 4-15.
Resources
The State Board adopted the amendments to Chapter 16 pertaining to anti-bullying pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 18A:4-15 and 18A:37-15 and 21 and
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7. T
he adoption materials related to the amendments and the new
rules at N.J.A.C. 6A:16 amend the rules related to how district boards of education
must address incidents of harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB) of students. The
rulemaking also established new rules for how approved private schools for
students with disabilities (APSSDs) must address incidents of HIB.
The State Board adopted the sunset readoption with amendments of the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf regulations at
N.J.A.C. 6A:21, pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 18A:61-2 and 18A:4-15.
This chapter establishes rules for the
Katzenbach School and for school districts that apply to the school on behalf of students and/or send students to the school.
The rules address student eligibility and admission, as well as graduation of Katzenbach School students, and provide for
an appeals process if a student is refused admission to the Katzenbach School.
The State Board adopted amendments to Subchapter 7 of N.J.A.C. 6A:19, Career and Technical Education Programs and Standards. N.J.A.C. 6A:19-7, Private Career Schools, defines the programmatic requirements for private career schools. Qualifying private career schools are defined in N.J.S.A. 34:15C-10.1 and award certificates to students participating in the workforce development system pursuant to N.J.A.C. 12:41. The adopted amendments to N.J.A.C. 6A:19-7 align the subchapter with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's (DLWD) private training provider rules at N.J.A.C. 12:41. The two Administrative Code chapters set forth the procedure for operating
private career schools in New Jersey.
State Board of Education First Discussion
Tabled from last month, the State Board discussed NJDOE's proposal to readopt with amendment N.J.A.C. 6A:8, Standards and Assessment.
The chapter, which implements the New Jersey
Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) and the Statewide assessment system, expires February 7,
2018.
The chapter requires all providers of publicly funded elementary, secondary, and adult
high school education programs to align their curriculum and instruction with the NJSLS, which
were amended and renamed by the State Board of Education in May 2016. The
standards previously were known as the Core Curriculum Content Standards (CCCS). The
chapter also mandates the implementation of a Statewide assessment system to measure student
achievement of the NJSLS.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at
[email protected]
or 609-599-2900, ext. 126.
Sincerely,
Anne H. Gallagher
NJASA Director of Communications
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