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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
school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, w ...
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
New Jersey Department of Education The New Jersey Department of Education (NJ DOE) administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered ...
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 Mila Jasey 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 Pu ...
at Folsom Elementary School ;
Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Englewood Public School District The Englewood Public School District is a comprehensive community state school, public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Englewood, New Jersey, Englewood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen Cou ...
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Dwight Morrow High School Dwight Morrow High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Englewood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Englewood Public School District. The school also serves students from Engle ...
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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 The Brooklawn Public School District is a community public school district that serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Brooklawn, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 school yea ...
; Cape May County *
Lower Township School District The Lower Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Lower Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 sc ...
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Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to: Australia * Cumberland County, New South Wales * the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Australia Canada *Cumberland County, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Cumberland, historic county *Cumberla ...
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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 district ser ...
; Gloucester County *
South Harrison Township School District The South Harrison Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from South Harrison Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020–21 ...
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Hudson County Hudson County is the most densely populated county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609. Part of New Jersey's Gateway Region in ...
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Hoboken Public Schools Hoboken Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves children in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Hoboken, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott distric ...
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Hunterdon County Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous 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 dist ...
; Monmouth County *
Upper Freehold Regional School District The Upper Freehold Regional School District is a regional state school, public school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which provides educational services to students in pre-kindergarten throug ...
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Allentown High School Allentown High School is a public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The scho ...
; Morris County * Mine Hill School District ;
Ocean County Ocean County is a county located along the Jersey Shore in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Its county seat is Toms River.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 David Brearley High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Kenilworth in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Ken ...
, as part of the Kenilworth Public Schools


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