VPK Program Accountability

Section 1002.68, Florida Statutes, requires Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability, which is a set of policies and practices used to hold providers responsible for child achievement and learning and support improvement where necessary. Rule 6M-8.622, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Provider Performance Metric and Designation, provides an understandable method for measuring the performance of each VPK provider.

Beginning with the 2024-25 VPK program year, each VPK provider will receive a performance metric and performance designation based on three components: quality classroom instruction, child achievement and child learning gains. A performance metric will be calculated when a provider has a minimum of four eligible children, meaning children have completed more than 50% of the total number of instructional hours of the VPK program in the same provider’s program, for inclusion in the provider’s metric calculation.

DPS Memo August 23, 2024 (PDF)