To get started, choose the academic school year you wish to attend, and follow steps 1 to 3.
Step 1: Create a family portal and apply for the VPK Certificate of Eligibility (COE) at the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco & Hernando.
Step 2: *Download the PDF of your COE from your family portal at the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco & Hernando. (Please allow sufficient processing time.)
*Please do not download the PDF of your COE application. Wait to complete our application until your COE is available in the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco & Hernando family portal. Email questions to pascovpk@pasco.k12.fl.us.
Step 3: **Apply for a Pasco County VPK school for the 2024-2025 school year. The first application window has already passed. The Notification and Acceptance Window was March 4, 2024 to March 13, 2024 at 4:30pm. The second application window opened at 8:00am on Monday, March 18, 2024. The list of schools only includes those schools that have space available or a short waitlist, and is subject to change.
**Space is very limited at our VPK schools, and enrollment is not guaranteed. Applications are processed in the order they are received. Hardship applications will not be considered for VPK.
The Summer VPK program provides instruction to age eligible Pasco County children who did not participate in a 540 hours school year VPK or Head Start program and who will be going into kindergarten in the fall of 2024.
The application window will open at 8:00am on Monday, April 15th. The schools hosting Summer VPK will be Odessa Elementary and Woodland Elementary. The link will be posted here when the application window opens.