The Interdistrict Public School Choice Program is a program designed to expand educational choices for

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students by providing them with the option of attending a

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outside their district of residence without cost to their parents and paid for by the state of New Jersey. Districts must apply to participate and must designate open seats by grade where they will accept non-resident students. Each year the

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selects the choice districts from those districts that have submitted an application. For 2023-24 there will be 122 participating districts. As the program has grown in enrollment, so have its costs. What was a $9.8 million expense in 2010-11 grew into a $49 million expense by 2013-14. In the fall of 2013, facing a tight state budget, the Christie Administration capped enrollment growth at 5% for the next year. Advocates for Interdistrict Choice objected, with

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calling the cap "ill-advised and short-sighted," but the cap has been allowed to stay in place.http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/11/26/nj-s-school-choice-program-might-be-too-popular-for-its-own-good/

Participating school districts

; Atlantic County *

Folsom Borough School District Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The district participates in the Interdistrict Public ...

at Folsom Elementary School ; Bergen County *

Englewood Public School District The Englewood Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Englewood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The district's offices are in ...

at Dwight Morrow High School ;

Burlington County Burlington County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The county is the largest by area in New Jersey. Its county seat is Mount Holly.

* Washington Township School District at Green Bank Elementary School ; Camden County * Brooklawn Public School District ; Cape May County * Lower Township School District ; Cumberland County *

Cumberland Regional High School Cumberland Regional High School is a comprehensive regional public high school and school district, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from seven communities in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The distri ...

; Gloucester County * South Harrison Township School District ; Hudson County * Hoboken Public Schools ; Hunterdon County *

Bloomsbury School District The Bloomsbury School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Bloomsbury, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2021–22 school year, the ...

; Monmouth County * Upper Freehold Regional School District at Allentown High School ; Morris County * Mine Hill School District ; Ocean County * Stafford Township School District ; Passaic County *

Manchester Regional High School Manchester Regional High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school and regional school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Haledon, North Haledon and Prospect Park, three communities in Passaic County, ...

; Salem County * Salem City School District ; Union County * David Brearley High School, as part of the Kenilworth Public Schools

References

External links

Interdistrict Public School Choice Program (History)Interdistrict Public School Choice Program (Official)
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