Prekindergarten Tuition
Law
See the links below for Texas law relating to prekindergarten student tuition.
- Texas Education Code: §29.1531, Tuition-Supported and District-Financed Prekindergarten
- Texas Education Code: §25.0031, Tuition for Students Holding Certain Student Visas
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 proposed tuition 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.
- 2024-2025 No rate chart used this year. See the process above for what must be included in the proposed tuition rate letter.
- 2023-2024 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates
- 2022-2023 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates
- 2021-2022 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates
- 2020-2021 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates (Currently Unavailable)
- 2019-2020 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates (Currently Unavailable)
- 2018-2019 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates (PDF 310 KB)
- 2017-2018 Prekindergarten Tuition Rates (PDF 414 KB)
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