Back to School: 2 More North Jersey School districts join school choice initiative
August 23, 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Both Bergenfield and Pompton Lakes have joined the growing list of school districts that will give seats to a limited number of students from other towns in the fall of 2013. The Christie administration has vigorously promoted the 12-year program to expand options for families.
The NJ state Department of Education now has 107 districts offering 6,144 seats in the Interdistrict School Choice Program in 2013-14. That’s up from 67 districts and 3,357 students this fall.
Bergenfield and Pompton Lakes join Englewood and Manchester Regional High School in Haledon in North Jersey that are already participating in the program .
The Interdistrict School Choice initiative lets districts with empty seats offer them to students who live elsewhere at no charge to the family. The student’s home district pays transportation costs up to 20 miles each way, and state choice aid follows the child. When applications outnumber open seats, districts hold lotteries. Families that want to apply for 2013 must do so by Nov. 2. For information, visit nj.gov/education/choice/studapp/.
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