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Vidor ISD board approves state-backed pre-K partnership with local day cares
Summary
The Vidor ISD Board approved a state pilot that lets qualifying 3‑ and 4‑year‑olds receive public pre‑K at participating local day care centers. The partnership routes about 75% of per‑student reimbursement to day cares, retains roughly 15% for the district and allocates 10% to the consulting facilitator; the board voted 7–0.
The Vidor Independent School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 12 unanimously approved a pilot partnership under the Texas Workforce Commission that will allow eligible 3‑ and 4‑year‑olds to be co‑enrolled at participating local day care centers and receive district‑funded public pre‑kindergarten instruction while remaining in the daycare setting.
Mike Feinberg, a consultant with WorkTexas Training Center in Houston, told trustees the model is a pilot that blends day care hours with the district’s pre‑K minutes so parents save on the hours their child would otherwise pay for while meeting state eligibility and attendance rules. "The time they are in the public pre‑K time is free at the childcare," Feinberg said, explaining the…
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