[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Mercer
County as Ch. 2.39 of the 2003 Mercer County Code (Ord. No. 77-42). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Pursuant to P.L. 2020, c. 67, effective 1-1-2021, the Code
of Mercer County has been amended to delete the term “Board
of Chosen Freeholders” and replace it with the term “Board
of County Commissioners.” In addition, the terms “Freeholder”
and “Chosen Freeholder” have been deleted and replaced
by the term “County Commissioner.”]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mercer
County Special School District for Children with Disabilities Ordinance."
There is established in the County of Mercer, in accordance
with the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 18A:46-29 et seq.,
a County Special Services District for the education and treatment
of children with disabilities.
[Amended 10-22-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
As used in this chapter and N.J.S.A. 18A:46-1, a "child with
a disability" shall mean and include any child who has: an intellectual
disability, a visual impairment, an auditory impairment, a communication
impairment, a neurological or perceptual impairment, an orthopedic
impairment, a chronic illness, an emotional disturbance impairment,
multiple disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, a traumatic brain
injury, other health impairments, a specific learning disability,
or is deaf-blind, or a preschooler with a disability.
It shall be the function of this Special Services School District
to provide suitable facilities, staff and programs of education for
children classified as disabled by child study teams employed by local
boards of education, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:46-13.
The program and courses of study to be pursued in such special
serve school as may be established pursuant to this chapter shall
be approved by the Commissioner of Education, with the advice and
consent of the State Board of Education.
The rules and regulations for the organization, management and
control of such special services schools as may be established pursuant
to this chapter shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education.
