# New Jersey — Special education initial evaluation deadlines by state — days, day type, and what starts the clock

For New Jersey, evaluation deadline is the evaluation, determination of eligibility for services under this chapter, and, if eligible, development and implementation of the student’s IEP shall be completed within 90 calendar days; day type is calendar days; clock starts on is After parental consent for initial evaluation of a preschool age or school age student has been received; differs from federal 60 days is longer; statute or rule is N.J.A.C. 6A:14, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** New Jersey _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Evaluation deadline:** the evaluation, determination of eligibility for services under this chapter, and, if eligible, development and implementation of the student’s IEP shall be completed within 90 calendar days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Day type:** calendar days _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Clock starts on:** After parental consent for initial evaluation of a preschool age or school age student has been received _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Differs from federal 60 days:** longer _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute or rule:** N.J.A.C. 6A:14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Eligibility or IEP deadline:** A meeting to develop the IEP shall be held within 30 calendar days of a determination that a student is eligible for special education and related services or eligible for speech-language services _(also on this page, in the second passage quoted below)_

## What the source says

> (e) After parental consent for initial evaluation of a preschool age or school age student has been received, the evaluation, determination of eligibility for services under this chapter, and, if eligible, development and implementation of the student’s IEP shall be completed within 90 calendar days.

## The same source also states

> 6A:14-3.7 Individualized education program (a) A meeting to develop the IEP shall be held within 30 calendar days of a determination that a student is eligible for special education and related services or eligible for speech-language services.

Source: https://www.nj.gov/education/code/current/title6a/chap14.pdf

## Source

- https://www.nj.gov/education/code/current/title6a/chap14.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-04-28.
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