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NJQSAC User Manual
The NJQSAC regulations were readopted in March 2025 and implemented in July 2025. The NJDOE created the NJQSAC User Manual to ensure that there is clarity in the requirements of the DPR, simplification in the process, and alignment in expectations for a reliable and valid implementation of NJQSAC across all twenty-one counties. The user manual is intended to increase transparency in expectations and mutual accountability among districts and the offices in the NJDOE that support them.
Under NJQSAC, school districts are evaluated in five key component areas of school district effectiveness:
These performance areas are reviewed to determine the extent to which school districts are providing a thorough and efficient education. The weighted quality performance indicators in each of these five areas are used to measure school district performance to determine the extent to which school districts are providing a thorough and efficient education.
District Performance Review Areas
As part of the comprehensive review to ensure a thorough and efficient education for all students by NJQSAC, each public school district shall complete a District Performance Review (DPR), which consists of a self-assessment tool that measures the public school district’s compliance with the weighted quality performance indicators in the five identified areas of school district effectiveness. N.J.A.C. 6A:30.
Facilities Checklist
All districts must also complete the "Health and Safety Evaluation of School Buildings Checklist" (Facilities Checklist). The Facilities Checklist is part of the NJQSAC Fiscal Review.
- Read the Checklist Instructions before completing the Facilities Checklist.
- Maintain the completed Facilities Checklists within the district unless instructed otherwise by your County Office.
Annual Statement of Assurance
Byy January 30, submit the Statement of Assurance (SOA) to the county office of education certifiying that the district has completed the Health and Safety Evaluation of School Building Checklist for every school building in the district.