Current Issues
The most current information on important topics in education impacting administrators, teachers, parents and students are covered. Major policy issues including, but not limited to, school choice, highly qualified teachers and persistently dangerous schools.
Major Policy Issues
General Administrative Issues
Constitutionally Protected Prayer
- Secretary's Letter on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
- Federal Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Military Access
- Guidance on Access for and Disclosure to Military Recruiters
- Policy Guidance – Access to High School Students and Information on Students by Military Recruiters
- Requests for Student Information from Military Recruiters, Institutions of Higher Education, and Prospective Employers
- Model Notification of Rights under the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) for Elementary and Secondary Schools
(Microsoft Word | PDF)- Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) Model Notice and Consent/Opt-Out for Specific Activities
(Microsoft Word | PDF)- *Model Notification of Rights Under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
(Microsoft Word | PDF)Complaint Policy
Transfer of Student Records
Highly Qualified Teachers
- The New Jersey Model for Identifying Highly Qualified Teachers (336 kb PDF
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- Highly Qualified Teacher Survey
- New Jersey Model for Highly Qualified Teachers: Support Materials from NJPEP
- Certification and the Highly Qualified Teacher Initiative
For more information go to: http://www.nj.gov/njded/grants/nclb/guidance/
School Choice
Persistently Dangerous Schools
- Unsafe School Choice Option
- Guidelines for Public and Approved Charter Schools to Observe 'School Violence Awareness Week'
- USCO Policy Provisions I and II Questions and Answers
- Unsafe School Choice Option Fact Sheet
For more information go to http://www.nj.gov/njded/grants/nclb/guidance/
Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
- State Approved Supplemental Service Providers
- A Toolkit for Schools, Districts, and Providers to Implement Supplemental Educational Services Under NCLB
- Innovations in Education: Creating Strong Supplemental Educational Services Programs
- Memo to Supplemental Educational Service Providers: Coding of Supplemental Educational Service Providers for the 2004 State Assessments (Attachment)
For more information go to: http://www.nj.gov/njded/grants/nclb/guidance/
Paraprofessionals
- Memorandum regarding NCLB Requirements for Paraprofessionals
- Summer/Fall 2005 Resources to Meet the NCLB Requirements for Paraprofessionals
- NJDOE Paraprofessionals Information
- NJDOE Preliminary Paraprofessional Guidance
- Federal Guidance on Paraprofessionals (Microsoft Word | PDF)
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