UNSAFE SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION POLICY PERSISTENTLY DANGEROUS SCHOOLS AND VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMINAL OFFENSES
The Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO) Policy was adopted by the State Board of Education to comply with Title IX, Part E, Subpart 2, SEC. 9532 of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The intent of the statute and the New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE) policy is to provide safety and security for students and to prevent unnecessary or extended interruptions to student learning. The policy provides parents the option of transferring their children to safe schools within the district when either:
1) Their children attend persistently dangerous schools, as determined by the New Jersey Department of Education; and/or
2) Their children are victims of violent criminal offenses.
Compliance with the policy is a condition of receiving funds under any and all titles under NCLB. Information on the USCO Policy can be found below.
- Government Agencies
- Statutes
- Reports
- Resources
- Data Collection
- Regulations
- State Initiatives
- Professional Associations
- School Crime Statistics
- Selected Youth and School Violence Statistics: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse in New Jersey Public Schools
- Blueprints Matrix of Prevention Programs
- Center for the Prevention of School Violence
- Department of Health and Human Service/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Programs, United States Department of Education
- Guidance for Public Schools, Approved Charter Schools and Private Schools for the Disabled to Observe "School Violence Awareness Week" in Accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:36-5.1 and N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.2
- List of Persistently Dangerous Schools designated under the USCO Policy
- National School Safety Center
- National Youth Violence Prevention Center
- NJ DOE Model Policy and Guidance for Prohibiting Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying on School Property, at School-Sponsored Functions and on School Buses
- Research Based Curricula and Program Matrix, Rutgers Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Project
- Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Project
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
- United States Department of Education: Student-Led Crime Prevention
- Unsafe School Choice Option Policy Provisions I & II, Questions and Answers
- USCO Policy
- USCO Non-Regulatory Guidance
- USCO Policy Announcement Memo
- USCO Policy PowerPoint Presentation
- What Works Clearinghouse
- American School Counselor Association
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of School Resource Officers
- National Crime Prevention Council
- National School Safety Center
- New Jersey Association of School Psychologists
- New Jersey Association of School Administrators
- New Jersey Education Association
- New Jersey Parents and Teachers Association
- New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association
- New Jersey School Boards Association
- New Jersey School Counselor Association
- New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police
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