New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Student Learning Standards

New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy

The New Jersey Department of Education State Seal of Biliteracy identifies graduating high school students who are able to demonstrate proficiency in English in addition to one or more world languages.  The State Seal of Biliteracy certifies that a high school graduate has:

1. Demonstrated proficiency in English by meeting English language arts graduation requirements or attained the appropriate cut score on the ACCESS for ELLs assessment (for English Language Learners); and
2. Demonstrated a linguistic proficiency level of at least Intermediate Mid according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines, or demonstrated a level deemed equivalent to Intermediate Mid for languages such as American Sign Language or Native American languages.

Districts with the Seal of Biliteracy Program

Participation in the Seal of Biliteracy Program is voluntary and at the discretion of each local school district. Here is a list of 2016-17 State Seal of Biliteracy Participating Districts (Printable PDF Version):

2016-2017 State Seal of Biliteracy Participating Districts
County	District Name
Atlantic	Egg Harbor Township School District
	Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
	Hammonton School District
Bergen	Cresskill Public School District
	Garfield Public School District
	Hackensack School District
	Lyndhurst School District
	Mahwah Township Public School District
	New Milford Public School District
	Pascack Valley Regional High School District
	Ridgefield School District
	Tenafly Public School District
Burlington	Cinnaminson Township Public Schools
	Lenape Regional High School District
Camden	Camden County Technical School District
	Eastern Camden County Regional School District
	Haddonfield School District
	Winslow Township School District
	LEAP Academy University Charter School
Cape May	Middle Township Public School District
	Ocean City School District
Cumberland	Bridgeton City School District
	Vineland Public School District
Essex	Essex County Vocational Technical School District
	Livingston Board of Education School District
	Millburn Township School District
	South Orange-Maplewood School District
	West Orange Public Schools
Gloucester	Monroe Township Public School District
	Washington Township School District
Hudson	Harrison Public Schools
	North Bergen School District
	West New York School District
	Hoboken Charter School
Hunterdon	Delaware Valley Regional High School District
	South Hunterdon Regional School District
	Hunterdon Central Regional High School District
Mercer	Hamilton Township Public School District
	Lawrence Township Public School District
	Trenton Public School District
Middlesex	Carteret Public School District
	East Brunswick Township School District
	Metuchen Public School District
	Monroe Township School District
	New Brunswick School District
	Old Bridge Township School District
	Perth Amboy Public School District
	Piscataway Township School District
	Woodbridge Township School District
Monmouth	Henry Hudson Regional School District
	Keyport School District
	Long Branch Public School District
	Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
	Township of Ocean School District
	Red Bank Regional School District
	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District
Morris	The School District of the Chathams
	Dover Public School District
	Hanover Park Regional High School District
	Montville Township School District
	Morris County Vocational School District
	Pequannock Township School District
	Randolph Township School District
	West Morris Regional High School District
Ocean	Barnegat Township School District
	Lakewood Township School District
	Point Pleasant Borough School District
	Point Pleasant Beach School District
	Toms River Regional School District
Passaic	Passaic City School District
	Passaic County Vocational School District
	West Milford Township Public School District
Somerset	Franklin Township Public School District
	Hillsborough Township Public School District
	Montgomery Township School District
Sussex	High Point Regional High School District
	Hopatcong Borough School District
Union	Elizabeth Public Schools
	Linden Public School District
	Plainfield Public Schools
	Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
	Summit Public School District
	Union County Vocational-Technical School District
	Westfield Public School District
Warren	Warren Hills Regional School District