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  • Update on $10 million pre-k expansion funding: More than 30% of the districts eligible to apply for pre-k expansion funding - as determined by NJDOE - attended the mandatory technical assistance workshop! The deadline for completed applications is November 30. NJDOE will award funding in December for start of preschool classes no later than February 1, 2021.

PRE-K EXPANSION - A NJ PRIORITY

NJDOE Announces District Deadlines

There’s $10 million in NEW pre-k expansion funding! Every county has eligible school districts — they’ve been contacted directly by NJDOE. The deadlines:

Oct 27 2pm (DATE PASSED): Registration for MANDATORY technical assistance workshop
Oct 29/Oct 30 (DATE PASSED): Attendance at one of the two workshops
Nov 30 4pm: Application submission
Feb 1: Latest start for new pre-k expansion classes (bonus points awarded for an earlier start)

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Let your school district superintendent and principal(s) know that you want state-funded, full-day pre-k! There’s $10 million in new pre-k expansion funding in the state budget. There are approximately 125 eligible school districts. A successful application – even for only 1-2 classes this round of funding – enables future expansion in the district WITHOUT further applications!
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