On January 13, 2020, Governor Murphy signed the “Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act” codifying school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students as referenced in N.J.A.C. 6A:8-3.1.  The law went into effect for the 2020-2021 school year.

Programming Requirements:

• Required to provide services/accomodations starting in Kindergarten.

• Required to use multiple measures to identify gifted and talented students.

• Required to post this process in detail on the district website with the updated complaint process (Updated Policy #2464).

• Required to actively assist and support professional development for teachers, educational services staff, and school leaders in the area of gifted and talented instruction.

• “District boards of education shall take into consideration the Pre-K–Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards of the National Association for Gifted Children in developing programs for gifted and talented students.”