Vermont’s Universal Prekindergarten (Act 166), allows children who are 3 or 4 or 5 and not yet attending kindergarten by September 1st to attend the prequalified preschool program of their families choosing for 10 hours per week for 35 weeks. You may wish to ENROLL your child in your town’s public preschool program or in a private childcare program. Both must be prequalified, which means that a VT State licensed preschool teacher must provide preschool instruction for those ten hours and the program must hold a Quality Star rating of 4 STARS or 3 STARS with a plan to achieve their 4th STAR.  All White River Valley public prekindergarten's are prequalified. For additional prequalifed sites go HERE  

All children must be REGISTERED with their home town's school’s registrar to receive prekindergarten funding regardless of whether they are attending a public program or a private program.  If you wish to send your child to a private program you may enroll your child and your residential school district will partner with your private program to ensure funding.  If you do not register your child with your public school registrar, funding may be prorated if completed after the start of the new year.  Click here for more information on how to register or enroll with a school. 

Click on this link for more information about how to access Universal PreK (Act 166) Funding for your child.

For New Registrations:  Please complete the the packet of forms below and return to your local school district Registrar.  

DOWNLOAD THE WHITE RIVER VALLEY SUPERVISORY UNION REGISTRATION PACKET: 2025-2026 PreK Registration Forms  

For PreK Students, who are returning for a second year or have completed the Registration process with their local School District:  Please complete the online:  2025-2026 Tuition Request Form 

If you wish to enroll your child in your town's public prekindergarten fill out the entire REGISTRATION PACKET ABOVE and return to your schools registrar. For a list of Registrars, click here. For the 2025 Preschool Screening dates, click here.

If you wish to enroll your child in a private prequalified prekindergarten/child care program OR a public prekindergarten program outside of your town/SU, you will not need to fill out the medical forms. Your program will have their own forms for you to fill out. The first four pages of the registration must be filled out and returned to your home town's school registrar with supporting documents: proof of residency and your child's birth certificate.

If you live in Hancock or Granville, once you have decided where you would like to enroll your child in Prekindergarten, contact Tara Weatherell, Registrar for Granville and Hancock at 763-8840, Ext 111. 

If you are living with family, friends or in a shelter your child is still eligible to attend prekindergarten for 10 hours for 35 weeks.  Contact, Renée Hinton, Preschool Coordinator at (802)763-8840, ext. 121 with questions.