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)

Guide to Calculating Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Provider Performance Metrics and Designations (PDF) - This guide provides a description of the procedures used to determine the VPK provider performance metric and designation for VPK providers as set forth in Rule 6M-8.622, F.A.C.

2022-2023 VPK Provider Performance Metrics and Designations (PDF) - This document displays the VPK school year and summer provider performance metrics were new VPK program accountability applied at the end of the 2022-2023 program year. These performance metrics and designations are for informational purposes only.