BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has signed a bill that provides $3 million in state funding to expand early childhood education.
Dalrymple signed the bill at a ceremony at the Capitol on Friday.
The pre-kindergarten education funding will begin for the 2016-17 school year.
Only children who qualify for free or reduced meals under the federal school lunch program are eligible.
The program is voluntary.