California State Preschool Program (CSPP):
A. General Requirements
1. To receive California state preschool program services, except as otherwise provided for in law, children shall be three or four years, as defined in EC 8208 and set forth below.
2. To receive California state preschool part-day and full-day services, families shall meet the requirements set forth in Section III (B) below.
3. In addition to meeting the requirements in 1 above, to be eligible for services the child must live in the State of California while services are being received. Evidence of a street address or post office address in California will be sufficient to establish residency. A person identified as “Experiencing Homelessness” is exempted from this requirement and shall submit a declaration of intent to reside in California.
4. The determination of eligibility shall be without regard to the immigration status of the child or the child's parent(s) unless the child or the child's parent(s) is under a final order of deportation from the United States Department of Homeland Security.
5. CSPP eligible four-year-old children are defined as children who have their fourth birthday on or before December 1 of the fiscal year they are being served.
6. CSPP eligible three-year-old children are defined as children who have their third birthday on or before December 1 of the fiscal year they are being served. Children who have their third birthday on or after December 2 of the fiscal year, may be enrolled in a California state preschool program on or after their third birthday.
B. Eligibility and Need Criteria
Eligibility Criteria For Part-Day CSPP Services. Unless otherwise specified in this section, to be eligible for part-day CSPP, a family shall meet the eligibility criteria as follows:
1. Family is a current aid recipient;
2. Family is income eligible;
3. Family is experiencing homelessness; or
4. Family has children who are recipients of child protective services, or are identified as at risk of being abused, neglected, or exploited.
After all otherwise eligible families have been enrolled, a part-day CSPP may enroll:
1. Children from families whose income is no more than 15% above the eligibility income threshold. Children from families enrolled under this exception may not exceed ten percent of the participating CSPP’s total contract enrollment.
2. Children with exceptional needs as defined in EC Section 8208. Children enrolled pursuant to this subsection, shall not count towards the ten percent limitation.
3. After all children have been enrolled pursuant to the above subdivisions, part-day CSPP sites operating within the attendance boundaries of a qualified FRPM school may enroll CSPP four-year-old children whose families reside within the attendance boundary of a qualified FRPM school without establishing eligibility.
First 5 Preschool Program
To be eligible for our First 5 Preschool Program, families must meet one or more of the following qualifications or have one of the following:
- Age eligible 3 or 4-year olds with special needs.
- Reside within the attendance boundaries of one of the following TUSD schools: Bohn, Central, Freiler, Hirsch, Jacobson, Kelly, McKinley, North, Poet, South West Park or Villalovoz schools.
- Dual language household.
- Seasonal migrant household.
- Low income family.
- Ethnic household.
- Experiencing homelessness.
- Enrolled child in the foster care system.
A Preschool Enrollment Application must be completed by the parent/guardian
and reviewed by TUSD Preschool Staff. Incomplete packets will not be processed.
No more than 24 children will be enrolled in each preschool class.
District transportation is not provided for preschool students.
- Enrollment Procedures (no changes)
- Required Documentation (no changes)
- Income Ranking Schedule (no changes at this time)