Non-Discrimination

Annual Non-Discrimination Notification

The Salem County Vocational-Technical School District (SCVTS) does not discriminate in admissions or access to, or treatment, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. Under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) New Jersey has the following protected classes (2022): Race or color; Religion or creed; National origin, nationality, or ancestry; Sex, pregnancy, or breastfeeding; Sexual orientation; Gender identity or expression; Disability; Marital status or domestic partnership/civil union status; Liability for military service. In employment: age, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, the refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test. The SCVTS district offers programs in many career and technical education program areas under its open admissions policy. Lack of English language proficiency will not be a barrier to admissions and participation in career and technical education programs. For more information about CTE course offerings and admissions criteria, contact Mark Kasubinski, Supervisor of Student Information: or 856-769-0101 ext. 5370.

The following people have been designated to handle inquires/complaints regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Admission Procedures of the Salem County Vocational Technical Schools

Any Salem County student of appropriate age and grade level may apply for the high school programs or academies available through SCVTS. A wide array of career and technical programs are offered at the Salem Tech campus as both full and shared-time options. The Host-Site Academies are additional full-time options offered thanks to an articulation agreement with our K-12 district partners around the county. Tuition for all our high school offerings is free to county residents, and transportation is provided by the student’s resident school district.

The Salem Tech campus supports 16 career and technical programs, while an additional 10 “academy” programs are hosted at one of four partner high schools throughout the county:

The Career and Technical Education programs offered at the secondary level include:

1. Academy of Dance (Arthur P. Schalick High School)
2. Academy of Exercise Science & Kinesiology (Arthur P. Schalick High School)
3. Academy of Theater (Arthur P. Schalick High School)
4. Academy of Visual Arts (Arthur P. Schalick High School)
5. Academy of Graphics in Multimedia Technology (Pennsville Memorial High School)
6. Academy of Instrumental Music (Pennsville Memorial High School)
7. Academy of Vocal Music (Pennsville Memorial High School)
8. Academy of Engineering (Penns Grove High School)
9. Academy of Communications (Woodstown High School)
10. Academy of Finance & Business (Woodstown High School)

The application submission window for all SCVTS applications opens on September 1 and concludes at the end of January. Completed applications may be submitted directly to the SCVTS office of admissions or via the applicant’s resident school district (i.e. guidance office, CST case manager, support staff).

Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to attend the Salem Tech Open House event in October and/or a Host-Site Academy Information Session during the late fall at one of the host-site high schools.

All applicants are evaluated via an internal admission review conducted by an admission panel consisting of administrative, school counseling and support staff and based on scholastic information obtained from the applicant’s current school of enrollment. Materials requested for means of admission review include copies of report cards and attendance records from the last two school years, including the current year, as well as the results of any recent district educational assessment.

Additionally, all full-time and host-site academy applicants are required to complete the SCVTS admission exam, which is a grade-level appropriate Math and Language Arts assessment administered by an SCVTS district proctor during late winter either at the applicant’s current school or during a predetermined testing session on the Salem Tech campus. [Shared-time applicants are not required to complete an admission test, and their admission review will be based on the school documents and scholastic data previously highlighted.]

Data from the records collected for the admission reviews of each applicant is extrapolated into a scoring rubric to determine if the applicant falls within the accepted range for acceptance per district guidelines.

Students applying to a host-site academy may be responsible for completing additional admission steps as required by the specific academy’s administrative and/or instructional staff. The following host-site academies require an additional admission procedure: Communications (interview and essay); Dance (audition); Exercise Science & Kinesiology (interview and essay); Finance & Business (interview and essay); Graphic Design in Multimedia Technology (portfolio and interview); Instrumental & Vocal Music (audition); Theater (audition); Visual Arts (portfolio and interview). Details and scheduling information for these additional procedures are provided to each applicable candidate through the SCVTS office of admissions. The academy staff at each site will share the results of these sessions with the SCVTS office of admissions and provide their recommendations for each applicant. This information, along with the applicant’s academic review, forms the basis for the academy applicant’s admission determination.

In the early spring (typically by the first week of April), admission determinations for each applicant will be shared directly with the parent/guardian of the applicant as well as all pertinent school personnel at the applicant’s current school district.

Throughout the admission process, the SCVTS office of admissions is available to provide assistance and support to the parent/guardian of the applicant as well as school district personnel at the sending school districts.

The email address for contacting the SCVTS office of admissions is .

Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap in Vocational Education Programs (34 C.F.R. Part 100, Appendix B, Section IV-A): “criteria controlling student eligibility for admission to vocational education schools, facilities and programs may not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap. A recipient may not develop, impose, maintain, approve, or implement such discriminatory admissions criteria.”

Federal Regulations for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (34 C.F.R. Part 104.4(a)(b): “no qualified handicapped person shall, on the basis of handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity which receives federal financial assistance, et seq,”

Specific examples of inquiries about a student’s disability status that must be avoided include, but are not limited to the following:

• Requiring disclosure on an application of whether an applicant is currently, or has even been determined eligible for special education or a Section 504 Plan;
• Requiring submission of a student’s medical history as part of the application screening process; and
• Creating additional criteria for students with disabilities as part of the screening process not required of other applicants (such as an interview or occupational assessment).