New Jersey State Performance Plan (SPP)
Indicator #8: Parent Involvement

Important Survey for Parents of Students with Disabilities

In December, 2007 the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education began conducting a survey of parents who have a child with a disability, ages 3-21.  The purpose of the survey is to determine how schools are supporting parent involvement in their child’s educational program.  The survey was conducted as part of a federal requirement for New Jersey’s State Performance Plan for Special Education (SPP), Indicator #8: Parental Involvement.  Annually, from 2007 to 2011, the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs mailed a survey in English and Spanish to parents of students with disabilities in a randomly selected sample of districts in the state (see district names below).  At the end of this period, all parents of students with disabilities in every district in New Jersey had an opportunity to respond to the survey.

This survey continues through 2014, and parents of students with disabilities in randomly selected districts throughout the state will have another opportunity to determine how schools are supporting parent involvement in their child’s educational program.

Individual responses to the survey are anonymous and confidential.  Parents’ names and children’s names will not appear on the survey or on any report that is generated as a result of the survey.  Because the information from all surveys must be summarized for each district as well as for the entire state, there will be a tracking number on each survey to identify the district, not the student, associated with each survey.  The State Performance Plan/Annual Performance, to be completed each year on February 1st, will report the results statewide.  The results for each participating district will be publicly reported as part of the special education district profile during the next school year in accordance with federal regulations.

Parents’ responses will provide important information to help the state and districts determine how schools support parental involvement in their child’s program and to inform state and local improvement strategies, as needed.  Parents who receive a survey are encouraged to complete and return the survey as soon as possible.
A pre-paid, self-addressed return envelope will be enclosed with the survey.  The envelope will be addressed to a private agency that will scan and summarize the information on each survey.  The following is a link to a sample copy of the preschool survey and school-age survey:

• Preschool Survey (English & Spanish)
• School Age Survey (English & Spanish)

Cohort One - Fall 2007 | Cohort Two - Fall 2008
Cohort Three - Spring 2009 | Cohort Four - Fall 2009 | Cohort 5 - Fall 2010
Cohort 6 - Fall 2011

New Jersey State Performance Plan SPP
Indicator #8: Parent Involvement
Cohort Three - Spring 2009
District (County)

Alexandria Township (Hunterdon)
Allamuchy Township (Warren)
Bass River Township (Burlington)
Bayonne (Hudson)
Bellmawr Borough (Camden)
Belvidere (Warren)
Bergenfield (Bergen)
Berkeley Township (Ocean)
Berlin Township (Camden)
Bernards Township (Somerset)
Black Horse Pike Regional (Camden)
Bradley Beach (Monmouth)
Brigantine City (Atlantic)
Byram Township (Sussex)
Camden Academy Charter (Camden)
Cape May County Vocational (Cape May)
Carteret Borough (Middlesex)
Central Jersey College Prep CS (Middlesex)
Cinnaminson Township (Burlington)
Clayton (Gloucester)
Cranbury Township (Middlesex)
Cresskill (Bergen)
Deal Borough (Monmouth)
Delaware Valley Regional High (Hunterdon)
Deptford Township (Gloucester)
Discovery Charter (Essex)
Dunellen (Middlesex)
East Orange (Essex)
Eastern Camden County Regional (Camden)
Eatontown (Monmouth)
Elizabeth (Union)
Elmwood Park (Bergen)
Englewood on the Palisades Charter (Bergen)
Essex County Vocational (Essex)
Estell Manor City (Atlantic)
Fair Lawn (Bergen)
Florham Park (Morris)
Fort Lee (Bergen)
Frankford Township (Sussex)
Franklin Township (Hunterdon)
Frenchtown Borough (Hunterdon)
Gibbsboro (Camden)
Gloucester City (Camden)
Greenwich Township (Gloucester)
Greenwich Township (Warren)
Hackettstown (Warren)
Haddonfield Borough (Camden)
Hamilton Township (Mercer)
Hampton Township (Sussex)
Hanover Township (Morris)
Hawthorne (Passaic)
Henry Hudson Regional (Monmouth)
High Bridge Borough (Hunterdon)
Hillsdale (Bergen)
Hope Academy CS (Monmouth)
Jamesburg (Middlesex)
Keansburg Borough (Monmouth)
Keyport (Monmouth)
Kingwood Township (Hunterdon)
Kinnelon Borough (Morris)
Knowlton Township (Warren)
Lacey Township (Ocean)
Lambertville (Hunterdon)
Laurel Springs (Camden)
Lincoln Park Borough (Morris)
Lindenwold Borough (Camden)
Little Egg Harbor Township (Ocean)
Lumberton Township (Burlington)
Mahwah Township (Bergen)
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional (Monmouth)
Mannington Township (Salem)
Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter (Essex)
Maurice River Township (Cumberland)
Mendham Borough (Morris)
Middletown Township (Monmouth)
Millburn Township (Essex)
Milltown (Middlesex)
Monmouth Beach (Monmouth)
Monroe Township (Middlesex)
Montgomery Township (Somerset)
Moorestown Township (Burlington)
Mount Holly Township (Burlington)
Mountainside (Union)
New Brunswick (Middlesex)
New Hanover Township (Burlington)
New Horizons Community Charter (Essex)
Northern Burlington County Regional (Burlington)
Northfield City (Atlantic)
Ocean City (Cape May)
Ocean Township (Monmouth)
Oxford Township (Warren)
Pace Charter School of Hamilton (Mercer)
Park Ridge (Bergen)
Passaic County Manchester Regional (Passaic)
Paterson (Passaic)
Pohatcong Township (Warren)
Princeton Charter (Mercer)
Princeton Regional (Mercer)
Rahway (Union)
Rancocas Valley Regional (Burlington)
Red Bank (Monmouth)
Red Bank Regional High (Monmouth)
Ridgewood Village (Bergen)
River Edge (Bergen)
Riverton Borough (Burlington)
Roosevelt Borough (Monmouth)
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High (Monmouth)
Rutherford (Bergen)
Saddle River (Bergen)
Salem City (Salem)
Sayreville (Middlesex)
Sea Isle City (Cape May)
Secaucus (Hudson)
Somerdale Borough (Camden)
South Bound Brook Borough (Somerset)
South Hunterdon Regional (Hunterdon)
South River (Middlesex)
Spotswood (Middlesex)
Springfield Township (Union)
Stanhope Borough (Sussex)
Sterling High School (Camden)
Sussex County Charter School for Technology (Sussex)
Sussex County Vocational (Sussex)
Tenafly (Bergen)
Tewksbury Township (Hunterdon)
Totowa (Passaic)
Tuckerton Borough (Ocean)
University Heights CS (Essex)
Upper Deerfield Township (Cumberland)
Warren Township (Somerset)
Washington Township (Burlington)
Washington Township (Gloucester)
Washington Township (Warren)
Watchung Borough (Somerset)
Westampton Township (Burlington)
Westfield (Union)
Wyckoff Township (Bergen)

New Jersey State Performance Plan (SPP)
Indicator #8: Parent Involvement
Cohort Four
District (County)

Absecon City (Atlantic)
Audubon (Camden)
Avalon (Cape May)
Barnegat Township (Ocean)
Barrington Borough (Camden)
Blairstown Township (Warren)
Bloomingdale (Passaic)
Bridgeton (Cumberland)
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional (Somerset)
Brielle Borough (Monmouth)
Burlington Township (Burlington)
Califon (Hunterdon)
Camden's Promise Charter (Camden)
Carlstadt (Bergen)
Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High (Bergen)
Chester Township (Morris)
Clementon Borough (Camden)
Clifton (Passaic)
Clinton Township (Hunterdon)
Deerfield Township (Cumberland)
Delaware Township (Hunterdon)
Delran Township (Burlington)
Downe Township (Cumberland)
East Amwell Township (Hunterdon)
East Greenwich Township (Gloucester)
East Windsor Regional (Mercer)
Edgewater Park Township (Burlington)
Egg Harbor City (Atlantic)
Elysian Charter School of Hoboken (Hudson)
Emily Fisher Charter School of Advanced Studies (Mercer)
Ewing Township (Mercer)
Fairfield Township (Cumberland)
Flemington-Raritan Regional (Hunterdon)
Folsom (Atlantic)
Franklin Township (Warren)
Fredon Township (Sussex)
Gateway Regional (Gloucester)
Glen Ridge (Essex)
Gloucester County Vocational (Gloucester)
Gloucester Township (Camden)
Greater Brunswick Charter (Middlesex)
Greater Egg Harbor Regional High (Atlantic)
Greenwich Township (Cumberland)
Hainesport Township (Burlington)
Hanover Park Regional High (Morris)
Harding Township (Morris)
Harrison Township (Gloucester)
Haworth (Bergen)
Highland Park (Middlesex)
Hillsborough Township (Somerset)
Hillside Township (Union)
Ho-Ho-Kus (Bergen)
Hopewell Township (Cumberland)
Hopewell Valley Regional (Mercer)
International Charter School of Trenton (Mercer)
Irvington Township (Essex)
Kittatinny Regional (Sussex)
Lavallette Borough (Ocean)
Lawrence Township (Cumberland)
Liberty Academy Charter (Hudson)
Livingston Township (Essex)
Long Beach Island (Ocean)
Madison (Morris)
Manasquan (Monmouth)
Maple Shade Township (Burlington)
Margate City (Atlantic)
Marion P. Thomas Charter (Essex)
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional (Monmouth)
Medford Lakes Borough (Burlington)
Midland Park Borough (Bergen)
Millstone Township (Monmouth)
Millville (Cumberland)
Monmouth County Vocational (Monmouth)
Montclair (Essex)
Moonachie (Bergen)
Mount Arlington (Morris)
Mount Laurel Township (Burlington)
Mount Olive Township (Morris)
Mullica Township (Atlantic)
New Providence  (Union)
Newark (Essex)
Newton (Sussex)
North Hanover Township (Burlington)
Norwood (Bergen)
Nutley (Essex)
Oaklyn Borough (Camden)
Ocean County Vocational (Ocean)
Palisades Park (Bergen)
Paulsboro (Gloucester)
Pennsauken Township (Camden)
Perth Amboy (Middlesex)
Phillipsburg (Warren)
Pitman (Gloucester)
PleasanTech Academy Charter (Atlantic)
Point Pleasant Beach (Ocean)
Point Pleasant Borough (Ocean)
Port Republic (Atlantic)
Red Bank Charter (Monmouth)
Ridgefield (Bergen)
River Dell Regional High (Bergen)
Riverdale (Morris)
Robbinsville (Mercer)
Roseland (Essex)
Schomburg Charter (Hudson)
School District Of The Chathams (Morris)
Seaside Heights Borough (Ocean)
Shamong Township (Burlington)
Shrewsbury Borough (Monmouth)
Somerset Hills Regional (Somerset)
South Plainfield (Middlesex)
Southampton Township (Burlington)
Spring Lake (Monmouth)
Springfield Township (Burlington)
Stillwater Township (Sussex)
Stow Creek Township (Cumberland)
TEAM Academy Charter School (Essex)
The Greater Newark Academy Charter (Essex)
Toms River Regional (Ocean)
Union County TEAMS Charter School  (Union)
Union Township  (Union)
Union Township (Hunterdon)
Upper Saddle River (Bergen)
Ventnor City (Atlantic)
Village Charter (Mercer)
Vineland City (Cumberland)
Voorhees Township (Camden)
Warren Hills Regional High (Warren)
Washington Borough (Warren)
West Deptford Township (Gloucester)
West Long Branch (Monmouth)
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional (Mercer)
Westville (Gloucester)
Wildwood City (Cape May)
Wildwood Crest (Cape May)
Willingboro Township (Burlington)
Woodbine (Cape May)
Woodbury Heights (Gloucester)
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional (Salem)

New Jersey State Performance Plan (SPP)
Indicator #8: Parent Involvement
Cohort Five - Fall 2010
District (County)

Alpha (Warren)
Andover Regional (Sussex)
Asbury Park (Monmouth)
Bay Head (Ocean)
Beach Haven Borough (Ocean)
Belmar (Monmouth)
Berlin Borough (Camden)
Bethlehem Township (Hunterdon)
Bloomfield Township (Essex)
Bound Brook Borough (Somerset)
Branchburg Township (Somerset)
Burlington County Vocational (Burlington)
Camden City (Camden)
Central Jersey Arts CS (Union)
Central Regional (Ocean)
Charter Technical High School for Performing Arts (Atlantic)
Cherry Hill Township (Camden)
Chesilhurst Borough (Camden)
Clark Township (Union)
Closter (Bergen)
Collingswood Borough (Camden)
Cranford Township (Union)
Cumberland Regional (Cumberland)
Delanco Township (Burlington)
Demarest (Bergen)
Dennis Township (Cape May)
Dover Town (Morris)
East Brunswick Township (Middlesex)
East Newark (Hudson)
East Orange Community Charter (Essex)
ECO Charter School (Camden)
Egg Harbor Township (Atlantic)
Elsinboro Township (Salem)
Emerson (Bergen)
Englewood City (Bergen)
Essex Fells (Essex)
Fairfield Township (Essex)
Farmingdale Borough (Monmouth)
Freedom Academy Charter School (Camden)
Freehold Borough (Monmouth)
Freehold Township (Monmouth)
Glen Rock (Bergen)
Gray Charter (Essex)
Great Meadows Regional (Warren)
Guttenberg (Hudson)
Haddon Township (Camden)
Hamilton Township (Atlantic)
Hampton Borough (Hunterdon)
Hardyston Township (Sussex)
Harmony Township (Warren)
Harrington Park (Bergen)
Hasbrouck Heights (Bergen)
Hoboken (Hudson)
Hoboken Charter School (Hudson)
Holmdel Township (Monmouth)
Island Heights (Ocean)
Jersey City Golden Door Charter (Hudson)
Kenilworth (Union)
Kingsway Regional High (Gloucester)
Lakehurst (Ocean)
Lakewood Township (Ocean)
Lawrence Township (Mercer)
Lebanon Township (Hunterdon)
Linden (Union)
Little Silver Borough (Monmouth)
Logan Township (Gloucester)
Lower Cape May Regional (Cape May)
Magnolia Borough (Camden)
Mainland Regional (Atlantic)
Mansfield (Burlington)
Manville Borough (Somerset)
Metuchen (Middlesex)
Middle Township (Cape May)
Middlesex County Vocational (Middlesex)
Mine Hill Township (Morris)
Monroe Township (Gloucester)
Montague (Sussex)
Morris Plains (Morris)
Mount Ephraim Borough (Camden)
National Park Borough (Gloucester)
Neptune Township (Monmouth)
Netcong (Morris)
North Caldwell (Essex)
North Hunterdon/Voorhees Regional High (Hunterdon)
North Plainfield Borough (Somerset)
North Warren Regional (Warren)
North Wildwood City (Cape May)
Oakland (Bergen)
Ocean Gate (Ocean)
Oceanport Borough (Monmouth)
Oceanside Charter (Atlantic)
Old Tappan (Bergen)
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (Morris)
Passaic County Regional High (Passaic)
Pemberton Township (Burlington)
Pequannock Township (Morris)
Pinelands Regional (Ocean)
Piscataway Township (Middlesex)
Plainfield (Union)
Pompton Lakes (Passaic)
Quinton Township (Salem)
Ramsey (Bergen)
Ridgefield Park (Bergen)
River Vale (Bergen)
Riverside Township (Burlington)
Robert Treat Academy Charter (Essex)
Rochelle Park (Bergen)
Roselle Park (Union)
Roxbury Township (Morris)
Saddle Brook Township (Bergen)
Salem County Vocational (Salem)
Soaring Heights Charter (Hudson)
Somers Point (Atlantic)
South Brunswick Township (Middlesex)
South Hackensack (Bergen)
Stafford Township (Ocean)
Stone Harbor (Cape May)
Stratford Borough (Camden)
Tabernacle Township (Burlington)
Teaneck (Bergen)
Teaneck Community Charter (Bergen)
Trenton (Mercer)
Union Beach Borough (Monmouth)
Union County Vocational (Union)
Upper Township (Cape May)
Vernon Township (Sussex)
Verona (Essex)
Wallkill Valley Regional (Sussex)
Wanaque (Passaic)
Warren County Vocational (Warren)
Wayne Township (Passaic)
Weehawken Township (Hudson)
West Essex Regional (Essex)
West Milford Township (Passaic)
Westwood Regional (Bergen)
White Township (Warren)
Winfield Township (Union)
Woodland Park (Passaic)
Woodland Township (Burlington)