This brief focuses on one of these key elements, the curriculum. It examines the curricular policies and guidelines of the eighteen states that received a Preschool Development or Expansion Grant; it seeks to answer the question of how these states are addressing the curriculum-related requirements of the PDG grant program. In the course of answering this question, this brief will clarify the PDG requirements, discuss aspects of curriculum, and present a snapshot of the preschool curriculum policies and guidelines of the PDG states. (author abstract)