New Jersey Statutes 18A:35-19.1. Transfer of bilingual pupil to English-only program
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:35-19.1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Teaching staff member: means a member of the professional staff of any district or regional board of education, or any board of education of a county vocational school, holding office, position or employment of such character that the qualifications, for such office, position or employment, require him to hold a valid and effective standard, provisional or emergency certificate, appropriate to his office, position or employment, issued by the State Board of Examiners and includes a school nurse and a school athletic trainer. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
A pupil enrolled in a bilingual education program pursuant to P.L.1974, c.197 (C. 18A:35-15 et seq.) shall be placed in the English-only program when the pupil demonstrates readiness to function successfully in the English-only program. The process to determine the readiness or inability of the individual pupil to function successfully in the English-only program shall be initiated by the pupil’s level of English proficiency as measured by a State established cut-off score on an English language proficiency test and the readiness of the pupil shall be further assessed on the basis of multiple indicators which shall, at a minimum, include classroom performance, the pupil’s reading level in English, the judgment of the teaching staff member or members responsible for the educational program of the pupil, and performance on achievement tests in English.
L.1991,c.12,s.1.