California's Universal PreKindergarten (UPK) Mixed Delivery System, also known as “preschool access for all,” is a statewide initiative to meet the early learning and care needs of 3 and 4-year-old children and their families.
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California's vision for UPK is accomplished by bringing together programs across early education and TK-12 settings to address the diverse early learning and care needs of 3- and 4-year-olds and their families, including expanding Transitional Kindergarten (TK) to be available for free to all 4-year-olds by 2025-2026.
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By 2025-26, California is set to meet primary UPK objectives in:
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1. Providing all families, regardless of income, a free year of voluntary public Pre-K for all 4-year-old children through TK; and,
2. Serve a growing number of 3-year-old children through the CSPP and the mixed delivery system.
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While not all providers of UPK will be available free of cost to families, families will be able to choose whether to enroll their 3- and 4-year-old children in quality early learning and care programs and in which program to enroll them.