Federalism is the system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments; in the United States, both the national government and the state governments possess a large measure of sovereignty.
The Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program â or VPK â is a free prekindergarten program for 4-year-olds who reside in Florida and were born on or before Sept. 1 each year. For the 2017-2018 program year, children living in Florida must have been born between September 2, 2012 and September 1, 2013.
VPK providers have flexibility in structuring the hours per day and days per week to meet the required instructional hours. For example, if a program is 180 days (similar to a school-year calendar), it would offer 3 hours of instruction each day to meet the 540-hour requirement. A Provider could also choose to offer a 6 hour-per-day program for 90 days.