Tag: charter school
Appellate Division Upholds Amendment to Regulation Requiring Charter Schools to Contribute to Transportation Costs of Disabled Students
By: Eric Richwine, Law Clerk Editor: Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. On July 3, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division in In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 6A:27-5.1 upheld the New Jersey Department of Education’s (“the Department”) adoption of an amendment to its regulations governing the transportation of students. This appeal, on behalf of the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (“the Association”), arose from the Department’s amendment to N.J.A.C. 6A:27-5.1, which governs the allocation of transportation costs for disabled students who attend out-of-district charter schools. The new subsection, N.J.A.C. 6A:27-5(b), caps the financial responsibility of the district of residence for disabled […]
Appellate Division Rules Against Charter Schools In Funding Issue
Four charter schools located in Jersey City challenged the level of funding they received from the local board of education under the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (“SFRA”) as inadequate for their students to receive a thorough and efficient education in violation of the New Jersey Constitution. In an unpublished decision issued on September 14, 2017, the New Jersey Appellate Division denied the charter schools’ challenge and upheld the current funding mechanism in Learning Community Charter School v. Jersey City Board of Education. Charter schools are public schools that operate under a charter granted by the Commissioner of Education […]
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