S3910, titled the New Jersey Universal Preschool and Kindergarten Act, overhauls preschool funding and access across the state. It updates the formula for providing preschool aid—replacing socio-economic groupings with enrollment-based funding—requires the Department of Education to issue annual expansion grants, and launches a three-year pilot cost-sharing program for districts newly offering preschool. It also creates a Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee to oversee progress and strategic initiatives, mandates improved agency coordination and public guidance, and requires every elementary-serving school district to offer free full-day kindergarten by the 2029-2030 school year, either directly or through partnerships.

The New Jersey State Senate passed S3910 on June 30, 2025 by a vote of 28 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the nays because education is not the role of government. This bill further entrenches government control over education stripping parents of their rightful authority and forcing taxpayers to underwrite a compulsory, government-run system that has already proven ineffective. Children’s education is a God-given responsibility of parents, not the duty of the state.