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2024-2025 VPK Lottery Application Information
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Lottery Information for VPK
The VPK lottery steps are as follows:
- Obtain a Certificate of Eligibility from the Early Learning Coalition on or after January 1, 2024. Visit www.elcduval.org to apply for a school-year certificate.
- On or after January 1, 2024, create a Student ID and a FOCUS account for your child. Write down the student number. If your child has been screened by Child Find, attended Head Start at a DCPS site, or was previously enrolled, your child has a student number. To apply, visit https://dcps.duvalschools.org/Page/15745 be sure to upload the two proofs of address when creating your student number to ensure you are linked to your child's account and that you receive the VPK application.
- Send an email to dcpsec@duvalschools.org that either contains your two proofs of address or that provides your child's name and student number if your documents were uploaded when creating the student number.
- The lottery application window closes at 11:59pm on February 29, 2024. Lottery notifications will be sent via email no later than April 15, 2024.
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