Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
New Jersey's A4647 requires all public school districts to provide full-day kindergarten programs, with implementation deadlines based on district classification (A/B/CD/DE districts by 2020-2021, others by 2021-2022). It establishes a uniform age requirement: children must be five years old by October 1 of the school year to enroll in kindergarten, replacing current district-specific cutoffs. The bill amends existing education statutes (N.J.S.18A:38-5 and N.J.S.18A:44-2) to mandate these changes. This directly affects all New Jersey public school districts and kindergarten students entering school.
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Jun 2024
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Introduced Jun 25, 2024
Last action Jun 25, 2024
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Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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Party
State
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P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Aura Dunn
RRepublican
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