NJ Schools Required to Submit Certification to Meet Executive Order

Lakewood school district

Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 175, which directed the following for school districts:

 -Executive Order 175 allows institutions of higher education to resume broader in-person instruction than what was previously authorized, as long as health and safety requirements are adhered to.

 -Districts are required to certify to DOE that they can meet the health and safety protocols outlined in the Order, and further detailed in the “Road Back,” before resuming in-person instruction.  Private school districts will also be required to submit this certification; 

-Districts that can meet the health and safety protocols shall open to students for in-person instruction in the fall; Even if school buildings are open for in-person instruction on the first day of the 2020-2021 school year, districts must provide a remote learning option for parents or guardians who request it for their children;

-Districts unable to adequately meet health and safety reopening protocols must provide remote instruction to all students. These districts are required to submit documentation to DOE detailing which standard(s) the district is unable to satisfy, the anticipated efforts that will be taken to satisfy the standard(s), and a date by which the school anticipates resuming in-person instruction;

 -All schools required to participate in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program and those that voluntarily opt-in to those programs must offer required meals to all children on remote-learning days.