Applications to provide Georgia’s Pre-K program available

Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning has posted application packages for new and returning providers of the state’s Pre-K program for the 2016-17 school year.

Existing providers of currently funded classes can request expansion classes via DECAL's website while new providers can get information about the application review, award process and grant funding at www.decal.ga.gov. The deadline for all applications is April 22.

To attend Georgia’s Pre-K in the 2016-2017 school year, a child must be four years old on or before September 1, 2016.

Georgia’s Pre-K program normally operates on the regular school system calendar for the length of a typical school day. This year, approximately 81,000 four year olds are being served in over 3,800 Georgia’s Pre-K classes at 1,837 locations.