New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 16 - PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter 8 - INTERVENTION AND REFERRAL SERVICES › Section 6A:16-8.2 - Functions of intervention and referral services

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				functions of the system of intervention and referral services in each school
				building shall be to:
1. Identify learning,
				behavior and health difficulties of students;
2. Collect information on the identified
				learning, behavior, and health difficulties;
3. Develop and implement action plans that
				provide for appropriate school or community interventions or referrals to
				school and community resources, based on the collected data and desired
				outcomes for the identified learning, behavior, and health
				difficulties;
4. Provide support,
				guidance and professional development to school staff who identify learning,
				behavior and health difficulties;
5. Provide support, guidance and professional
				development to school staff who participate in each building's system for
				planning and providing intervention and referral services;
6. Actively involve parents or guardians in
				the development and implementation of intervention and referral services action
				plans;
7. Coordinate the access to
				and delivery of school resources and services for achieving outcomes identified
				in intervention and referral services action plans;
8. Coordinate the services of community-based
				social and health provider agencies and other community resources for achieving
				outcomes identified in intervention and referral services action
				plans;
9. Maintain records of all
				requests for assistance and all intervention and referral services action plans
				and all related student information, according to the requirements of
				20 U.S.C. §
											1232g, Family Educational Rights and Privacy
				Act; 34 CFR Part 99, Family Educational Rights and Privacy;
				20 U.S.C. §
											1232h, Protection of Pupil Rights; 34 CFR
				Part 98, Student Rights in Research, Experimental Programs, and Testing;
				P.L.
				104-191, Health Insurance Portability and
				Accountability Act; 45 CFR Part 160, General Administrative Requirements;
				20
				U.S.C. §
											7165, Transfer of school
				disciplinary records; 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
				Patient Records;
				18A:40A-7.1, Confidentiality of
				certain information provided by pupils, exceptions;
				6A:16-3.2, Confidentiality of
				student alcohol and other drug information;
				18A:36-19, Pupil records,
				creation, maintenance and retention, security and access, regulations,
				nonliability;
				2A:4A-60, Disclosure of juvenile
				information, penalties for disclosure; N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7, Student Records;
				6A:14-2.9, Student records; as
				well as other existing Federal and State laws and rules pertaining to student
				records and confidentiality.
10.
				Review and assess the effectiveness of each intervention and referral services
				action plan in achieving the identified outcomes, and modify each action plan
				to achieve the outcomes, as appropriate; and
11. At a minimum, annually review
				intervention and referral services action plans and the actions taken as a
				result of the building's system of intervention and referral services, and make
				recommendations to the principal for improving school programs and services, as
				appropriate.