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CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY A review of the federal monitoring report, dated February 16, 1999, indicated that New Jersey State Department of Education (NJSDE) has not exercised its general supervisory authority, has not implemented consistent standards for county supervisors of child study to follow in monitoring, correcting deficiencies, and providing technical assistance to LEAs, and has not provided supervision, guidance and training to the county supervisors of child study. This site is New Jersey's response, a so -called corrective action plan.

Least Restrictive Environment.  The placement of students with disabilities ages three through 21 in appropriate settings has been an integral part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) since its enactment. This is the N.J. interpretation of LRE.

Provision of Related Services. All too often a student's program is dictated by the particular services available, rather then what is needed. It is not permissible for students to be placed into programs where the provision of related services is directed by the program in which the student is placed rather than by the IEP, nor is it permissible to have the goals and objectives of a related service determined outside of the IEP process. This site is the official New Jersey Department of Education position. Unfortunately some local school districts pay no heed to this requirement.

EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR In meeting their obligation to offer each child with a disability a free, appropriate public education (FAPE), local school districts must make available programs and services that meet a child's individual needs. Some children may require the provision of services beyond the traditional school year. Such services are components known as extended school year (ESY) services. Federal and state law and regulations do not require that every student with a disability receive extended school year services. These decisions are to be made in each individual case based on established eligibility criteria that have evolved over the past 20+ years through case law and procedural application of the IDEA. The N.J. Department of Education has issued the criteria that LEA's must follow in order to make that determination.

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Approved Out-of-State Private Schools for the DisableD  The following list are those residential schools approved by the NJ Dept. of Education. Even if legally/educationally required, few if any school districts in NJ will voluntarily agree to fund such placements. Money considerations are to blame. As a result, many due process cases are filed as to the necessity of residential placement. The longest and most contentious cases are often the ones dealing with residential placement. This list is not static and other names can appear at any time. The link above is the description given by the NJ Dept. of Education.

NEW BEGINNINGS (Alabama)
THREE SPRINGS SCHOOL, INC. (Alabama)
CEDU (California)
FOREST HEIGHTS LODGE (Colorado)
CHAPEL HAVEN, INC. (Connecticut)
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL (Connecticut)
DEVEREUX GLENHOLME SCHOOL (Connecticut)
EAGLE HILL SCHOOL (Connecticut)
GROVE SCHOOL (Connecticut)
THE LEARNING CLINIC (Connecticut)
VITAM CENTER, INC. (Connecticut)
AUCLAIR SCHOOL (Delaware)
PILOT SCHOOL, INCORPORATED (Delaware)
SUMMIT ACADEMY (Delaware)
DEVEREUX GEORGIA (Georgia)
THREE SPRINGS SCHOOL (Georgia)
HEARTSPRING / INSTITUTE OF LOGOPEDICS (Kansas)
ELAN SCHOOL (Maine)
KIDSPEACE NATIONAL CENTERS-NEW ENG. (Maine)
BENEDICTINE SCHOOL (Maryland)
BOSTON HIGASHI SCHOOL (Massachusetts)
DEVEREUX - VICTORIA (Massachusetts)
DEVEREUX-RUTLAND-RTC (Massachusetts)

EAGLETON SCHOOL (Massachusetts)
EVERGREEN - MH (Massachusetts)
EVERGREEN- BDU (Massachusetts)
JUDGE ROTENBERG -BEHAVIOR RESEARCH INST. (Massachusetts)

KOLBURNE SCHOOL (Massachusetts)

LANDMARK NORTH/SOUTH CAMPUS (Massachusetts)
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR AUTISM (Massachusetts)
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (Massachusetts)
RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC. (Massachusetts)
THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (Massachusetts)
VALLEYHEAD SCHOOL (Massachusetts)
CROTCHED MOUNTAIN REHAB CTR. (New Hampshire)
WEDIKO CHILDREN'S SERVICES (New Hampshire)
GATEWAY SCHOOL OF NEW YORK (New York)
CHURCHILL SCHOOL (New York)
LAKE GROVE SCHOOL (New York)
ROCKLAND INST. FOR SPEC. ED. (New York)
U.C.P. SCHOOL OF WESTCHESTER (New York)
MT. BACHELOR ACADEMY (Oregon)
CENTENNIAL SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
DELTA SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
DEVEREUX - BRANDYWINE (Pennsylvania)
DEVEREUX - MAPLETON H.S. EAST (Pennsylvania)
ELWYN DAVIDSON INSTITUTE (Pennsylvania)
GREEN TREE SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
HOME OF THE MERCIFUL SAVIOUR (Pennsylvania)
KIDSPEACE - SAYLORSBURG (Pennsylvania)
KIDSPEACE - WILLIAM PENN (Pennsylvania)
KIDSPEACE- WASHINGTON BUILDING (Pennsylvania)
KIDSPEACE-BROADWAY (Pennsylvania)
OVERBROOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (Pennsylvania)
PATHWAY SCHOOL (THE)
(Pennsylvania)
ROYER-GREAVES SCHOOL / BLIND (Pennsylvania)
THE CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
THE MELMARK SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
THE MILL CREEK SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
VALLEY DAY SCHOOL (Pennsylvania)
WOODS SERVICES (Pennsylvania)
WORDSWORTH AT SHAWNEE (Pennsylvania)
NEW HOPE TREATMENT CENTERS (South Carolina)
THREE SPRINGS SCHOOL-DUCK RIVER (Tennessee)
OAK CENTER SCHOOL (Texas)
SAN MARCOS/HEALTH TREATMENT CENTER (Texas)
HERITAGE SCHOOL (Utah)
BENNINGTON SCHOOL, INC. (Vermont)
LEARY/TIMBERIDGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Virginia)
NEW DOMINION SCHOOL-BOYS (Virginia)
NEW DOMINION SCHOOL-GIRLS PROGRAMS (Virginia)
PINES RTC-PORTSMOUTH (BRIGHTON)
(Virginia)
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