New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 31 - RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS › Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 6A:31-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Annual recruitment period" means the period during which an
				  operating renaissance school project conducts outreach efforts to the community
				  for application and enrollment of students for the subsequent school year, and
				  the conducting of a lottery, if needed.
"Attendance area" means the geographic area delineated for
				  each renaissance school facility property by the renaissance school district or
				  as identified in the application approved by the Commissioner in the case of
				  land not owned by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority or the
				  renaissance school district.
"Board of trustees" means the public agents authorized
				  through a contract between the nonprofit entity and renaissance school district
				  that has been approved by the Commissioner to govern a renaissance school
				  project.
"Contract" means an agreement between the nonprofit entity
				  and renaissance school district that has been submitted to, and approved by,
				  the Commissioner to enable a renaissance school project pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:36C-6.
"Development budget" means the total of all costs associated
				  with the completion of a substantial reconstruction of a renaissance school
				  facility.
"District board of education" means the board of education
				  of a school district established and operating under the provisions of Title
				  18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and having authority to make purchases and to
				  enter into contracts for the provision or performance of goods or
				  services.
"District contingency plan" means an agreement between the
				  renaissance school district and the nonprofit entity(ies) determining how
				  students enrolled in the renaissance school project will be educated if the
				  renaissance school project is unable to open as determined during the
				  preparedness assessments.
"Initial recruitment period" means the first period of time
				  that the administration or board of trustees of a soon-to-open renaissance
				  school conducts outreach related to the application and enrollment of students,
				  and the holding of a lottery, if necessary, for the first operating school
				  year.
"Newly constructed school" means a renaissance school
				  facility constructed within five years immediately prior to when the nonprofit
				  entity takes control of the facility, with the exception of any school facility
				  newly constructed by the New Jersey School Development Authority.
"Nonprofit entity" means a nonprofit educational
				  organization that is either applying to establish or is currently operating a
				  renaissance school project in a renaissance school district.
"Non-resident district board of education" means the board of
				  education of a school district in which a non-resident student resides.
"Non-resident district board of education" means the board
				  of education of a school district in which a non-resident student
				  resides.
"Non-resident student" means a student who resides outside
				  of the renaissance school district.
"Preparedness assessment" means a Department assessment that
				  gauges readiness for renaissance school project opening.
"Record of success" means an entity's demonstrated track
				  record of success in operating a school in a high-risk, low-income urban school
				  district.
"Renaissance per pupil rates" means the per pupil amounts the
				  renaissance school district must pay to the nonprofit entity operating the
				  renaissance school project as required by
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:36C-7.e and 7.1.
"Renaissance school district" means as defined in
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:36C-3.
"Renaissance school facility" means a school building or
				  group of buildings within an approved renaissance school project.
"Renaissance school project" means a newly constructed
				  school, or group of schools in an urban campus area, that provides an
				  educational program for students enrolled in preschool through grade 12, or in
				  a grade range less than preschool through grade 12 that is agreed to by the
				  school district, and is operated and managed by a nonprofit entity in a
				  renaissance school district. A renaissance school facility shall be deemed
				  newly constructed if it was constructed within five years immediately prior to
				  when the nonprofit entity takes control of the facility, with the exception of
				  any school facility newly constructed by the New Jersey School Development
				  Authority. A school or group of schools may include existing facilities that
				  have undergone substantial reconstruction within five years immediately prior
				  to when the nonprofit entity takes control of the facilities. A substantial
				  reconstruction shall meet all applicable building codes; comply with the
				  Uniform Construction Code enhancements, where the health and safety of the
				  building occupants are affected; comply with all "Americans with Disabilities
				  Act of 1990" regulations outlined in the New Jersey Barrier Free Subcode at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  5:23-3.14(b); and comply
				  with the Uniform Construction Code and other applicable State and Federal laws
				  for radon, lead, asbestos, and other contaminants, and be subject to the
				  enforcement of such standards by the applicable State or Federal agency. The
				  first facility of a renaissance school project shall be a newly constructed
				  school facility that is designed to house, upon completion, at least 20 percent
				  of the total number of students to be enrolled in the renaissance school
				  project. A renaissance school project may include a dormitory and related
				  facilities as permitted pursuant to
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:36C-5.
"Renewal of contract" means the determination by the
				  Commissioner at the end of a contract term to authorize the continuation of the
				  renaissance school project contract for an additional five-year period.
"Resident student" means a student who resides within the
				  renaissance school district.
"Substantial reconstruction" means renaissance school
				  facility renovations that reflect a total development budget equal to at least
				  50 percent of the fair market value as determined pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  6A:31-3.3. A substantial reconstruction shall
				  meet all applicable building codes; comply with the Uniform Construction Code
				  enhancements, where the health and safety of the building occupants are
				  affected; comply with all Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 rules
				  outlined in the New Jersey Barrier Free Subcode at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  5:23-3.14(b); and comply
				  with the Uniform Construction Code and other applicable State and Federal laws
				  for radon, lead, asbestos, and other contaminants, and be subject to the
				  enforcement of such standards by the applicable State or Federal agency.
"Urban campus area" means the area within a 1.5-mile radius
				  of the site of the initial renaissance school facility of a renaissance school
				  project, except that a high school building that is part of the renaissance
				  school project may be located within a two-mile radius of the site of the
				  initial renaissance school facility of a renaissance school project.
"Waiting list" means the document identifying the names of
				  grade-eligible students with applications to a renaissance school project,
				  pending acceptance for the subsequent school year, based upon the order of
				  random selection from a lottery following a recruitment period.
"Years of experience" means the length of relevant experience
				  in operating a school in a high-risk, low-income urban school district as
				  demonstrated by the nonprofit entity or its founding members.