Cranbury Forum | Bulletin | Info Sharing :: Topic review - N.J. bill would let parents move their kids to out-of-district public schools

Guest

The actual legislation is A355 and S2982. My reading of it is that a receiving district must elect to participate in the program. I doubt Cranbury would elect to participate.

It is a strange bill. I find it hard to believe many schools would participate as receiving districts.

Guest

"Students wishing to transfer to new schools would have to submit applications to the receiving districts, which would review them and make decisions based in part on the student's interests in their school's offerings. Schools also would be allowed to hold lotteries if the number of applications outpace the number of available seats."

We can politely decline any transfer requests due to lack of resources to accommodate the incoming students.

This does not make sense given that the property tax is collected by residing town of a student and the expenses are borne by the town educating the student.

UH OH !

By The Associated Press
February 14, 2010, 11:25AM

TRENTON -- Legislation that would create a permanent statewide public school choice program will go before an Assembly panel this week.
The measure would allow parents to move their children to schools located across district lines. The new program would replace a pilot program that expired in 2005, though many participating districts continue to informally honor previously agreed-to student arrangements.

The education committee is due to consider the measure Thursday.
If approved, schools seeking to participate in the program would apply to the state education commissioner, detailing services available to their students. The applications also would include an accounting of fiscal issues schools could face by taking part in the program.

Students wishing to transfer to new schools would have to submit applications to the receiving districts, which would review them and make decisions based in part on the student's interests in their school's offerings. Schools also would be allowed to hold lotteries if the number of applications outpace the number of available seats.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/nj_bill_would_let_parents_move.html