APPENDIX C: Program Options (6A:14-4.3)
(Excerpted from the Special Education New Jersey Administrative Code)
A full continuum of alternative placements shall be available to meet the needs of students with disabilities ages three through 21 for special education and related services. Educational program options include placement in the following:
1) General class with supplementary aids and services including, but not limited to, the following:
a) Curricular or instructional modification or specialized instructional strategies;
b) Supplementary instruction;
c) Assistive technology devices and services as defined in NJAC 6A:14-1.3;
d) Teacher aides:
e) Related services.
2) Resource programs;
3) A special class program in the student's local school district;
4) A special class program in another school district;
5) A special education program in a vocational and technical school;
6) A special education program in the following settings:
a) A county special services school district;
b) An educational services commission;
c) A jointure commission.
7) A New Jersey approved private school for the disabled or an out-of-state school for the disabled in the continental United States approved by the Department of Education in the state where the school is located;
8) A program operated by a department of New Jersey State government;
9) Community rehabilitation programs;
10) Programs in hospitals, convalescent centers or other medical institutions;
11) Individual instruction at home or in other appropriate facilities, with prior written approval of the Department of Education through its county office;
12) An accredited nonpublic school which is not specifically approved for the education of students with disabilities according to NJAC 6A:14-6.5;
13) Instruction in other appropriate settings according to NJAC 6A:14-1.1(d); and
14) An early intervention program (which is under contract with the Department of Health and Senior Services) in which the child has been enrolled for the balance of the school year in which the child turns age three.
The IEP team shall make an individual determination regarding the need for an extended school year program. An extended school year program provides for the extension of special education and related services beyond the regular school year. An extended school year program is provided in accordance with the student's IEP when an interruption in educational programming causes the student's performance to revert to a lower level of functioning and recoupment cannot be expected in a reasonable length of time. The IEP team shall consider all relevant factors in determining the need for an extended school year program.
A preschool age student with a disability may be placed by the district board of education in an early childhood program operated by an agency other than a board of education according to the following:
1) Such early childhood program shall be licensed or approved by a governmental agency;
2) The district board of education shall assure that the program is nonsectarian;
3) The district board of education shall assure the student's IEP can be implemented in the early childhood program with any supplementary aids and services that are specified in the student's IEP; and
4) The special education and related services specified in the student's IEP shall be provided by appropriately certified and/or licensed personnel or by paraprofessionals according to NJAC 6A:3.9 (a) 4 or NJAC 6A:14-4.1 (e).
