Providing Preschool Education for All 4-Year-Olds: Lessons from Six State Journeys

State-funded voluntary prekindergarten programs have grown steadily over the past decade and now enroll more than one million children. While the overall trend has been one of increasing participation in publicly funded preschool education, access in most states is limited to select groups of disadvantaged or otherwise-at-risk 4-year-olds. However, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma offer “preschool for all.”
This means all 4-year-olds living in the state are eligible for state pre-K, and most actually attend.

• Providing Preschool Education for All 4-Year-Olds: Lessons from Six State Journeys