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A2028 • 2026

Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.

Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Haider, Shama A.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.

Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2028

ASSEMBLY, No. 2028

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn and Assemblyman DiMaio

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school district to provide majority of
preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act
concerning preschool programs and supplementing
P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.).

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� A school district
that receives preschool education aid pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2007, c.260
(C.18A:7F-54) shall ensure that no less than 50 percent of preschool pupil
placements are provided at licensed child care provider programs.� The remaining
preschool pupil placements shall be provided in district programs and Head
Start programs.���

���� b.��� Upon application, a
school district may be granted a waiver by the Department of Education of the
requirements of subsection a. of this section if sufficient preschool pupil
placements are not available at licensed child care provider programs within
the school district.� A school district that requests a waiver shall provide
such information as the Department of Education specifies to justify the
request.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a school
district receiving preschool education aid through the �School Funding Reform
Act of 2008�� (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) to provide no less than 50 percent of
preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.� The remaining
preschool pupil placements will be provided in district programs and Head Start
programs.���

���� The bill permits, upon
application, a school district to be granted a waiver by the Department of Education
of the bill�s requirements if sufficient preschool pupil placements are not
available at licensed child care provider programs within the school district.�
A school district that requests a waiver is required to provide such
information as the Department of Education specifies to justify the request.