N.J. Senate approves interdistrict school choice program
Published: Monday, June 28, 2010, 5:13 PM Updated: Monday, June 28, 2010, 5:21 PM
TRENTON — A little known pilot program that allows children to attend school in districts they don’t live in would be made permanent under a bill that cleared the state Senate today.
The bill makes the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which started in 2000 and has continued as a pilot program since expiring in 2005, permanent. It passed 38-0 and is set to be taken up by the Assembly this afternoon.
"Students should not be handcuffed to a school solely based on their zip code or home address,” added state Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer), the bill's sponsor. “This bill will enable families across New Jersey to tap into all the best that our public education system has to offer.”
There are 15 districts that participate in the program — the maximum allowed under the pilot program — with about 900 students attending participating districts they don’t live without having
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