Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:44-2. Establishment of kindergarten. 18A:44-2. a. The board of education of a district serving elementary grades shall establish a kindergarten school or kindergarten department, which in order to receive State aid shall be a one-year program in advance of or in preparation f…

18A:44-3. Nursery school and kindergarten school teachers; special certificates Every teacher in a nursery school or department and every teacher in a kindergarten school or department shall hold an appropriate certificate, which shall be issued by the state board of examiners at…

18A:44-4 Expenses; how paid. 18A:44-4. a. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the expenses of preschool schools or departments and of kindergarten schools or departments shall be paid out of any moneys available for the general fund expenses of…

18A:44-6 Division of Early Childhood Education. 2. a. There is established a Division of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Education. The administrator and head of the division shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the divisi…

18A:44-7 Short title. 1. Sections 1 and 2 and 6 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Universal Preschool and Kindergarten Act." L.2025, c.100, s.1.

18A:44-8 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Research is clear that high-quality preschool can change the educational trajectories of young children, particularly economically disadvantaged children and multilingual learners. Improvements in lit…

18A:44-9 Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee. 9. a. There is established in the Department of Education a Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee. The members of the committee shall be as follows: (1) the Commissioner of Education, or a designee; (…