Pre-k is a NJ priority! The FY19 state budget has nearly $83 million in pre-k expansion funding for the 2018-2019 school year. This follows the $25 million in the prior year’s state budget – which was the first expansion funding in nearly a decade. The strategic effort to have pre-k expansion as a statewide priority began in early 2015, and we’ve accomplished so much together! Pre-K Our Way continues strategic focus on pre-k expansion and on securing significantly increased funding in the next state budget. Why? Tens of thousands of NJ’s 3- and 4-year-olds across hundreds of communities remain waiting for what was promised by law in 2008.

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NJ DOE’s process for recent pre-k expansion funding

NJ DOE determines the awards for pre-k expansion to individual school districts per the state budget funding for the 2018-2019 school year. The application process began on June 29 and included a mandatory meeting on July 13. Applications are due by August 1, with awards announced sometime prior to the anticipated October 1 start of school. As reference, the June 29 RFP can be viewed in our press room.

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Legislative Update

Read the latest updates on the plan to expand pre-k to more 3- and 4-year-olds in New Jersey.

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