New Jersey Department of Education

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New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy

Note: The New Jersey Department of Education is actively monitoring the situation around COVID-19 and will provide guidance and information regarding the assessments that can be used to demonstrate proficiency in English and one or more world languages at a future date.

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 2018-19 State Seal of Biliteracy Participating Districts (Printable PDF Version):

2018-2019 State Seal of Biliteracy Participating Districts
County	District Name
Atlantic	Atlantic County Vocational School District
	Egg Harbor Township School District
	Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
	Hammonton School District
	Mainland Regional High School
	Pleasantville Public School District
Bergen	Bergen Arts and Science Charter School
	Bergenfield Borough School District
	Bogota Public School District
	Cliffside Park School District
	Cresskill Public School District
	Dumont Public School District
	Fair Lawn Public School District
	Garfield Public School District
	Lyndhurst School District
	Mahwah Township Public School District
	New Milford Public School District
	North Arlington School District
	Palisades Park School District
	Park Ridge School District
	Pascack Valley Regional High School District
	Ramsey School District
	Ridgefield School District
	Ridgewood Public School District
	Teaneck School District
	Tenafly Public School District
	Westwood Regional School District
Burlington	Burlington County Institute of Technology School District
	Cinnaminson Township Public Schools
	Delran Township School District
	Lenape Regional High School District
	Northern Burlington County Regional School District
Camden	Black Horse Pike Regional School District
	Camden City School District
	Camden County Technical School District
	Cherry Hill School District
	Eastern Camden County Regional School District
	Haddonfield School District
	LEAP Academy University Charter School
	Winslow Township School District
Cape May	Middle Township Public School District
	Ocean City School District
	Wildwood City School District
Cumberland	Bridgeton City School District
	Vineland Public School District
Essex	Belleville Public Schools
	Bloomfield Township School District
	Caldwell-West Caldwell School District
	City of Orange Township
	East Orange School District
	Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
	Irvington Public School District
	Millburn Township School District
	Montclair Public School District
	Newark Public School District
	Nutley Public School District
	South Orange-Maplewood School District
	West Orange Public Schools
Gloucester	Delsea Regional High School District
	Monroe Township Public School District
	Pitman Boro School District
	Washington Township School District
	West Deptford Township School District
	Woodbury City Public School District
Hudson	Harrison Public Schools
	Hoboken Public School District
	Jersey City Public Schools
	North Bergen School District
	Union City School District
	West New York School District
Hunterdon	Delaware Valley Regional High School District
	Hunterdon Central Regional School District
	North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
	South Hunterdon Regional School District
Mercer	Hamilton Township Public School District
	Hopewell Valley Regional School District
	Lawrence Township Public School District
	Trenton Public School District
	Trenton Stem-to-Civics Charter School
	West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
Middlesex	Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School
	Carteret Public School District
	East Brunswick Township Public School District
	Edison Township School District
	Highland Park Boro School District
	Metuchen Public School District
	Middlesex Borough School District
	Monroe Township School District
	New Brunswick School District
	North Brunswick Township School District
	Old Bridge Township School District
	Perth Amboy Public School District
	Piscataway Township School District
	Sayreville School District
	South Brunswick School District
	South Plainfield School District
	South River Public School District
	Woodbridge Township School District
Monmouth	Freehold Regional High School District
	Keyport School District
	Long Branch Public School
	Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District
	Red Bank Regional School District
	Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School District
	Shore Regional High School District
	Township of Ocean School District
Morris	Dover Public School District
	Hanover Park Regional
	Montville Township School District
	Morris Hills Regional High School District
	Morris School District
	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District
	Pequannock Township School District
	Randolph Township School District
	School District of the Chathams
	West Morris Regional High School District
Ocean	Barnegat Township School District
	Jackson Township School District
	Lakewood Township School District
	Point Pleasant Beach School District
	Point Pleasant Borough School District
	Southern Regional School District
	Toms River Regional School District
Passaic	Clifton Public School District
	Passaic Arts and Science Charter School
	Passaic City School District
	Passaic County Vocational School District
	Paterson Public Schools
	West Milford Township Public School District
Salem	Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
Somerset	Bernards Township School District
	Bound Brook School District
	Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
	Franklin Township Public Schools
	Hillsborough Township Public School
	Manville School District
	Montgomery Township Schools District
	North Plainfield School District
	Watchung Hills Regional High School District
Sussex	High Point Regional High School District
	Sparta Township Public School District
	Vernon Township School District
Union	Clark Township Public School District
	Cranford Public School District
	Elizabeth Public Schools
	inden Public School District
	Plainfield Public School District
	Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public School District
	Springfield Public School District
	Summit Public School District
	Union County Vocational-Technical School District
	Westfield Public School District
Warren	Warren Hills Regional School District