A
Guide for the Development of a Districtwide School Safety Plan Provides New Jersey
schools with a general framework for planning and an inventory of
supportive resources for the development of comprehensive school safety
plans, programs and services designed to effect positive behavior
in schools in order to ensure a safe school environment. Contact Person:
Anthony Bland, 609-292-5935.
Educational
Facilities, N.J.A.C. 6A:26
Subchapter 8.1 of the facilities code describes the legal requirements
for safety and adequacy of a school building.
Resource
Manual For Intervention And Referral Services (I&RS) This manual is designed to provide
guidance to school district and school building staff for using collaborative
team approaches to fulfill the required functions under N.J.A.C. 6A:16-8
et seq. The manual is intended as a comprehensive resource on the
operation of I&RS teams and provides extensive information and
materials that support the planning, development, implementation,
evaluation and maintenance of these building-based problem-solving
teams. Contact Person: Gary Vermeire or Margery Wood, 609-292-5935.
Safe
Schools Manual This is a manual of self-inspection
checklists covering environmental, health and safety regulations for
secondary occupational and career orientation programs in New Jersey
public schools. It was developed by the Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences Institute with support by the New Jersey Department
of Education, Office of School-to-Career & College Initiatives.
Contact Person: Anthony Bland, 609-292-5935.
School
Safety (N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5) under the Programs to Support Student Development
Chapter (N.J.A.C. 6A:16) of Administrative Code Regulations for school safety and security plans, school violence awareness week, incident
reporting of violence, vandalism and substance abuse, access to juvenile
justice information, removals of students for firearms offenses, assaults
with weapons offenses and assaults on district board members or employees,
and remotely activating paging devices. Contact Person: Anthony Bland,
609-292-5935.
UNSAFE
SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION POLICY The Unsafe School Choice Option Policy
was developed to comply with Title IX, Part E, Subpart 2, SEC. 9532
of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. The intent
of the statute and the New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE)
policy is to provide safety and security for students and to prevent
unnecessary or extended interruptions to student learning. The policy
provides parents the option of transferring their children to safe
schools within the district when either: 1) Their children attend
persistently dangerous schools, as determined by the New Jersey Department
of Education; and/or 2) their children are victims of violent criminal
offenses. Compliance with the policy is a condition of receiving funds
under any and all titles under NCLB. Contact Person: Gary Vermeire,
609-292-5935
