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Prekindergarten Tuition

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See the links below for Texas law relating to prekindergarten student tuition.

Tuition-Supported and District-Financed Prekindergarten

If a school district has 15 or more eligible 4-year-old children, it must offer a free full day of prekindergarten to those children.

A district may charge tuition to provide:

  • half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes to children who are ineligible for free prekindergarten classes; and
  • an additional half day of prekindergarten classes to those 3-year old children who are eligible for free prekindergarten classes

If a district charges tuition:

  • the tuition may not be higher than is necessary to cover the added costs of providing the additional prekindergarten classes, including any costs associated with data collection and reporting requirements; and
  • the district must submit a proposed tuition rate to the commissioner for approval annually. See the Sample Proposed Tuition Rate Letter.
  • The letter must include:
    • Proposed tuition rate
    • A brief explanation of how the proposed tuition rate relates to current district costs for providing the program
    • Assurance that the rate does not exceed current costs for providing the program

Send the proposed tuition rate letter to rebecca.matz@tea.texas.gov. 

Do NOT send more than one copy of your tuition request letter to the agency. If you send this letter by email, do NOT send it again by regular mail.

 

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