New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 31 - RENAISSANCE SCHOOLS › Subchapter 4 - STUDENT RECRUITMENT AND ENROLLMENT › Section 6A:31-4.1 - Enrollment process for renaissance school facilities located on land owned by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority or the renaissance school district

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A renaissance school facility located on
				land owned by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority or the renaissance
				school district shall automatically enroll students residing in the attendance
				area established by the renaissance school district for that property. The
				renaissance school project located on land owned by the New Jersey Schools
				Development Authority or the renaissance school district shall allow any
				student who was enrolled in the renaissance school project in the immediately
				preceding school year to enroll in the renaissance school project in the
				appropriate grade unless it is not offered; a student enrolled in the
				immediately preceding school year shall have priority for enrollment in a grade
				that is at capacity over a student who would otherwise be eligible
				automatically for initial enrollment in the renaissance school project based on
				the student's residence in the attendance area established for the renaissance
				school project.
(b) If there are
				more students in the attendance area than seats in the renaissance school
				facility, the renaissance school project shall determine enrollment by a
				lottery for students residing in the attendance area. Students who participate
				in this lottery shall receive enrollment priority. In developing and executing
				its selection process, the nonprofit entity shall not discriminate on the basis
				of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude,
				status as a person with a disability, proficiency in the English language, or
				any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district.
(c) A renaissance school project may give
				enrollment priority to a sibling of a student enrolled in the renaissance
				school project.
(d) The parent or
				guardian of the student may determine not to enroll the student in the
				renaissance school project and, in that case, the student shall be eligible for
				enrollment in another school in the renaissance school district.
(e) The renaissance school district and the
				renaissance school project shall agree to a process for the parents or
				guardians of students residing in the renaissance school project facilities'
				attendance areas to submit documentation for enrollment in the renaissance
				school project. If spaces remain available after the agreed-upon deadline for
				submitting such documentation, students subsequently shall be selected for the
				remaining spaces through a lottery system.
(f) The first lottery shall include resident
				students who reside outside of the attendance area of the renaissance school
				facility.
(g) If space remains
				available, a second lottery that may include non-resident students shall be
				conducted.
(h) The lottery(ies)
				shall be coordinated and administered by the renaissance school project, unless
				a centralized process is in place that complies with
				N.J.S.A.
				18A:36C-8 and is agreed upon by the
				renaissance school project and the renaissance school district.