Facebook Twitter Linkedin We believe every child should have access to high-quality early care and education. ACNJ was involved in the New Jersey Supreme Court education funding case, Abbott v. Burke, which mandated that 31 school districts with high concentrations of low-income students were required to provide high-quality preschool. Districts met this requirement by collaborating […]
Category: Preschool
Did you know that New Jersey preschoolers are being expelled from public schools against the law?
Facebook Twitter Linkedin By Jake Moore Policy Associate For more information on this topic contact Jake at jmoore@acnj.org New Jersey passed legislation in 2016 to make expulsions and suspensions of preschoolers in publicly funded classrooms against the law, except in certain circumstances. However, both remain major issues facing our youngest children. Beginning in 2005, studies […]
Did you know that every dollar invested in Pre-K programs generates massive returns?
Facebook Twitter Linkedin By Jake Moore Policy Associate For more information on this topic contact Jake at jmoore@acnj.org Many studies suggest that for every dollar invested in pre-K, communities reap a $4 return. That’s a 400% return on investment! Even annual returns from investing in early education programs outperform the world’s largest stock exchanges. What […]
Preschool Expansion Coming to 26 New School Districts!
Governor Murphy just announced 26 New Jersey school districts will receive funding to expand their public preschool programs. The expansion aid will add at least 1,715 new pre-K seats. Click here to read more from Gov. Murphy’s news release. List of 26 school districts benefiting from Preschool Expansion Aid: Bergen County Carlstadt: $442,304 Burlington County Florence: $779,670 […]
Big Budget with Big Wins for Kids
Here are highlights of New Jersey’s FY2024 budget spending on children and families. On June 30th, Governor Murphy signed into law the largest budget in state history – $54.5 billion for FY2024, a 7% increase in state spending. The budget will cover all of the state’s planned spending from July 1, 2023 to June 30, […]
