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Board endorses Massapequa resolution to streamline approvals for UPK community providers
Summary
The board unanimously endorsed a Massapequa resolution seeking to streamline approvals for community-based organizations to provide universal pre-kindergarten, citing a New York State requirement that districts provide UPK seats beginning in the 2028–29 school year.
The Wappingers Central School District Board of Education unanimously endorsed a resolution from the Massapequa Board of Education asking that the approval process for community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) be streamlined to meet an upcoming state mandate.
Chair read the resolution language explaining that New York State will require districts to provide a UPK seat for every eligible child who requests one beginning with the 2028–29 school year and the resolution seeks to streamline approval to meet anticipated capacity needs. A motion was made, seconded and the board voted unanimously to endorse the resolution for submission to the resolutions book.
The endorsement records the board's support for the concept of simplifying approvals for CBOs to provide UPK; the transcript does not record any district-level implementation steps or funding commitments as part of this endorsement.
