In this tight budget year, it is critical to make our voices heard on the importance of high-quality, state-supported preschool for New Jersey children.

Please contact the governor, state education commissioner and your representatives in the Legislature today!

Sample Letter for Campaign

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

As the state works toward a final state budget for 2010, I am asking that you work to preserve proposed funding for a program that has benefitted tens of thousands of New Jersey children.

Specifically, I am asking that you support the proposed $52.3 million increase in aid for existing preschool programs and the $25 million in Preschool Incentive Aid for expansion of this highly successful program to more children.

New Jersey?s expansion of high-quality, state-supported preschool builds on the great success of its existing program.

A recent study found that children who attend Abbott preschools showed significant improvement in language, literacy and math. State test scores have also shown that preschool leads to greater school success: In 2007, Abbott district 4th-graders, who were among the first to benefit from two years of preschool, posted substantially higher scores in math and language arts than 4th graders in 2003.

High-quality early education lays the foundation for children to succeed in school and become productive adults who contribute to New Jersey?s future prosperity. As a program that benefits children, their communities and the state, it is one of the smartest investments that New Jersey can make.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
May 08, 2009