State of New Jersey Department of Education

State Role

State Role | LEA Role | Provider Role

The state is required to adhere to the following when implementing supplemental educational services statewide.

1. Consult with LEAs, parents, teachers, and other public constituents to promote maximum participation by providers to ensure that parents have as many choices as possible.

2. Develop and apply objective criteria to potential providers based on increasing academic proficiency according to section 1111(b)(1).

3. Maintain an updated list of approved providers across the state, by school district, from which parents may select.

4. Develop, implement, and publicly report on standards and techniques for monitoring and evaluating the quality and effectiveness of the services and for withdrawing approval from providers that fail for 2 consecutive years to contribute to increasing the academic proficiency.

5. Provide annual notice to potential providers of supplemental educational services of the opportunity to provide services under Title I, Part A and of the applicable procedures for obtaining approval from the state to be an approved provider of those services.

Inquire Further

Section 1116