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.
Floridaâs Office of Early Learning (OEL) and the Department of Education/Office of. Early Learning (DOE) worked collaboratively to develop one set of standards for. Floridaâs four-year-olds participating in either the School Readiness or Voluntary. Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program. The revised four-year-old standards, adopted by the State Board of Education and promulgated into rule by OEL will. continue to provide guidance for early learning programs.