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“When I took office our kindergarten readiness was 42% and we need to do better than that. Thousands of Florida families rely on our voluntary pre-K system to prepare their children to be ready for kindergarten. This legislation for accountability will turn the tide for these families and their students and they will make them more prepared than ever to enter kindergarten. By prioritizing VPK programs to leverage the coordinated screening and progress monitoring programs established in this bill, we will be able to identify emergent literacy and mathematics skills deficiencies,” DeSantis said.
He said identifying those potential deficiencies will allow teachers to intervene before the student falls behind. As part of the bill, a timeline will be established to implement a new VPK accountability system that focuses on “outcomes, learning gains and observations of child-teacher interactions,” according to the governor.