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District Timeline for the 2013-2014 School Year

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STUDENT APPLICATION TIMELINE for the 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR

Document Name From Received by Deadline
All Students
Notice of Intent to Participate
in the School Choice Program		 Parent or Guardian District of Residence: Superintendent's Office 11/16/2012
(revised)
Confirmation of Student Enrollment/ Eligibility to Participate
Notification that the student is eligible
to participate as Tier 1 or Tier 2 		District of Residence: Superintendent's Office Parent or Guardian 11/26/2012
(revised)
Student Application to Choice District
including Confirmation of Enrollment/Eligibility
from Resident District***
District note: Use template and customize as needed		 Parent or Guardian Choice District 12/7/2012
(revised)
Tier 1*
Notice of Conditional Acceptance or Rejection
of the student's application.
District note: Use template and customize as needed		 Choice District Parent or Guardian 12/21/2012
Student's Notice of Intent to Enroll
in the Choice District
District note: Use template and customize as needed		 Parent or Guardian Choice District 1/4/2013
Student's Notice of Intent to Enroll
in the Choice District 		Choice District Resident District 1/14/2013
Final Enrollment Data
for Public School Students		 Choice District Department of
Education 		1/14/2013
Tier 2**
Notice of Conditional Acceptance or Rejection
of the student's application		 Choice District Parent or Guardian 1/25/2013
Student's Notice of Intent to Enroll
in the Choice District
District note: Use template and customize as needed 		Parent or Guardian Choice District 2/4/2013
Student's Notice of Intent to Enroll
in the Choice District		 Choice District Resident District 2/11/2013
Final Enrollment Data
for Tier 2 Students		 Choice District Department of
Education 		2/11/2013
All Choice Students
Transportation Requests Choice District Resident District 3/15/2013

*A Tier 1 student must be enrolled in a NJ public school in his or her resident school district for the entire year (2012-13) immediately preceding enrollment in a Choice district. If applying for kindergarten, the student must be attending his or her resident district's preschool, or if no district preschool exists, he/she must have a sibling currently attending the Choice district to be considered Tier 1.

**Tier 2 students include NJ residents who have not attended their resident school for the entire year immediately prior to enrollment in the Choice district and do not otherwise meet the requirements for Tier 1.

Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
New Jersey State Department of Education
P.O. Box 500
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0500

Email: pschoice@doe.state.nj.us