New Jersey's share of children served in non-LEA settings is declining as state preschool enrollment grows because newly expanding LEAs are not mandated to subcontract¶

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q2 i? As New Jersey state-funded preschool enrollment grows, the percentage of children served in non-LEAs is declining, since LEAs expanded after 2018 fall outside the Abbott mixed delivery mandate and are reluctant to collaborate with non-LEAs. → Garver 2023

Evidence¶

Garver 2023¶

Garver, K., Weisenfeld, G. G., Connors-Tadros, L., Hodges, K., Melnick, H., & Plasencia, S. (2023). State preschool in a mixed delivery system: Lessons from five states. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/387.446

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Cross-case analysis in the Governance section. The report explains that over 200 LEAs approved since 2018 "do not fall under the Supreme Court mandate for mixed delivery and have expressed reluctance to collaborate with non-LEAs"; descriptive trend, no effect size.

"Thus, as state-funded preschool enrollment grows in the state, the percentage of children served in non-LEAs is declining."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Most state-funded preschool programs use a mixed delivery system, with some states serving over half of children in non-LEA settings — related
• Alabama and New Jersey require and fund salary parity for non-LEA preschool teachers with LEA peers; New York City teachers achieved parity through unionizing — related
• New Jersey's Abbott P-3 credential mandate, with scholarships, pay parity, and expanded higher education capacity, rapidly raised credentialed preschool teacher supply — related
• Setting common quality standards for all preschool classes helps address disparities in program quality requirements across the mixed delivery system — related