18A:44-4. a. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the expenses of preschool schools or departments and of kindergarten schools or departments shall be paid out of any moneys available for the general fund expenses of the schools, and in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the expenses of other schools or departments are paid, except when wholly or partly subsidized by restricted funding sources or restricted endowments.

b. A district may collect tuition from the parents or guardians of students enrolled in a preschool school or department for whom the district does not receive preschool education aid pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C. 18A:7F-54). The amount of tuition may not exceed the per pupil cost of the preschool program.

Amended 1993, c.83, s.18; 1996, c.138, s.73; 2004, c.125; 2007, c.260, s.69.