Voluntary Prekindergarten Enrollment

Register for Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) today!
The Voluntary Prekindergarten Program – or VPK – is a free prekindergarten program for 4- and 5-year-olds who reside in Florida and were born on or before September 1 of each program year.
To be eligible for VPK, you must submit an application.
  • For the 2022 – 2023 school year, children living in Florida must have been born between September 2, 2017 and September 1, 2018.
 

 

 
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vertical_bar How to Enroll:

1. Families need to have a working email address

  • Gmail and Yahoo offer free accounts, but you are responsible for your password

2. Start the registration process by clicking on the red box below:

Parent Application Application Para Padres
   
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vertical_bar What Parents Need to Enroll:​
  • CLICK HERE for a list of documentation needed to enroll your child in VPK
  • Please separately scan and submit supporting age and residency documents in PDF format
  • Eligible VPK providers:
 
Child Care Providers in Alphabetical Order Child Care Providers by Zip Code
   
   

 

 

 

After reviewing the application and supporting documents, ELC staff will process the VPK application. This process could take up to five (5) business days. Families must then print the certificate and take it to the provider of their choosing.

If you don't have access to a computer or scanner to enroll your child online, visit any ELC office during walk-in hours (Monday-Thursday, 7:00 am – 5:30 pm) to use our equipment. (ELC of Duval is closed to the public for in-person service at this time)

 

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Readiness Rates are determined by a series of assessments given to public kindergarten students in the first 30 days of Kindergarten.

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Providers on Probation (POP) are those who fall below 70% of children scoring "Ready" on the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS). The minimum rate is adopted by the State Board of Education.
 
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