MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education are proud to announce that the nationally recognized, high-quality Alabama First Class Pre-K program will add 96 new classrooms in 35 counties this fall. This is the first round of new classroom funding that will be released by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education.
Also today, the National Institute for Early Education Research announced that Alabama First Class Pre-K has once again been rated as the nation’s highest quality state pre-kindergarten programs for the sixteenth consecutive year. “We are excited to serve an additional 1,728 students in our First Class Pre-K program in the coming year,”, secretary of Early Childhood Education. “We are thrilled that Governor Ivey and our state leaders continue to invest in early childhood education supporting Alabama First Class Pre-K in maintaining all 10 NIEER quality benchmarks for 16 years running.”