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Related: About this forumN.J. is ending half-day kindergarten forever. It could save some parents thousands.
By Liz Rosenberg | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a series of laws this week that will end the era of half-day kindergarten in New Jersey for good and continue a massive expansion of pre-K across the state long after he leaves office.
The three bills Murphy signed into law Wednesday include a new requirement for full-day kindergarten in every school district and a new state funding formula for preschools.
The legislation also includes a new law that extends the maximum length of contracts for outside providers of preschool programs in school districts to three years.
The new rules mean every school district must establish a full-day kindergarten program by the start of the 2029-2030 school year, Murphy administration officials said.
https://www.nj.com/education/2025/07/nj-is-ending-half-day-kindergarten-forever-it-could-save-some-parents-thousands.html

IbogaProject
(4,634 posts)I hope it focuses on actual free play.
NJCher
(40,675 posts)Many of our schools have gardens. The purpose is to teach kids to love vegetables.
They love them If they grow them.
Its good for them to be outside for a class where they can burn up energy.
Their enthusiasm can be overwhelming.🤗
70sEraVet
(4,679 posts)After-school daycare eats a giant hole in a family budget.
IbogaProject
(4,634 posts)But it is usually subsidized foe kids on the lunch lists.