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Directions for Applying/Retrieving VPK Certificate of Eligibility

To get started, choose the VPK program you wish to attend, and follow the steps as listed.

2025-2026 VPK School Sites & Status

VPK 2025-2026 School Year

Child must be 4 years old by 9/1/2025.

The VPK Application link will reopen on Monday, April 7, 2025.

Step 1: Create a Family Portal: Sign up and apply for the VPK Certificate of Eligibility (COE) at https://familyservices.floridaearlylearning.com/

Directions for Applying/Retrieving COE

Step 2: Download Your COE: Once received, download and save the PDF of your COE from your Family Portal.

Step 3: Click this link to apply for a Pasco Schools VPK Program

Note that space is limited, and applications are processed in the order received.

Email questions to pascovpk@pasco.k12.fl.us

Summer VPK 2025

The Summer VPK program provides 300 hours of instruction to age-eligible Pasco County children who did not participate in a 540-hour school year VPK or Head Start program and who will be going into Kindergarten in the fall of 2025. Summer VPK Certificates are available now- see Step 1 below to apply for yours now.

Summer VPK Information Flyer

Location: Rodney B. Cox Elementary School

37615 Martin Luther King Blvd, Dade City, FL 33523

How to apply for 2025 Summer VPK

Step 1: Create a family portal and apply for the Summer VPK Certificate of Eligibility (COE) at the Department of Early Learning Family Portal

Step 2: Download the PDF of your COE from your family portal at the Department of Early Learning Family Portal (Please allow sufficient processing time.)

Step 3: Apply for VPK: Apply Here for Summer 2025 VPK

Email questions to pascovpk@pasco.k12.fl.us