The Interdistrict Public School Choice Program is a five-year pilot program designed to increase educational opportunities for New Jersey students and their families by providing students with the option of attending a public school outside their district of residence without cost to their parents. Under the School Choice Program, interested New Jersey school districts apply to become choice districts, that is, districts that designate specific open seats into which they will accept nonresident students at the expense of the state. Each year the New Jersey Department of Education selects the choice districts from those districts that have submitted a competitive application. For information on the entire process, including how parents can apply for available slots if there is a choice school program accessible to them, click School Choice . The third option is one that lies outside the public school circle.
Home schooling is a decision made by parents to educate children at home.
However, they are encouraged to do so in order that questions need not arise with respect to their compliance with the compulsory education law. For other questions and answers, click on Home Schooling .