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In 2002, Florida voters enacted a state constitutional amendment requiring that the state establish a free voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) program for all four-year-old children by fall 2005. [8] Florida's program is the largest state-level preschool program in the nation. [ 8 ]
Business organizations cite the need for pre-k to improve school-readiness and literacy by age nine in order to impact universal achievement of all children. Studies of high-quality preschool programs in North Carolina and Michigan have found that such programs could deliver a 7-to-1 return in the long run, in the form of increased productivity ...