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.
NEWS: Important VPK Provider Readiness Rate Update. The VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate measures how well a VPK provider prepares four-year-. olds to be ready for kindergarten based on the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS). The maximum 2008-09 readiness rate is 200. This is a change from the previous 300 point scale. Readiness rates are calculated for all VPK providers that served at least four children, who attended at. least 70-percent of either the School-Year VPK program or Summer VPK program, and participated in the. FLKRS.