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Beauregard Early Childhood Network

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Complete your online applications for Public Pre-K & Early Learning Centers for the 
2025-2026 school year!

Applicants will be notified in July for the 2025-2026 school year. Applications will be open throughout the year based on seat availability and income requirements. 

Not all applicants are guaranteed a Pre-K seat.  Applicants are selected for Pre-K seats based on eligibility criteria.  Completed applications with all requested documents are required for application processing. An incomplete application and lack of documentation will keep your application from being processed.

Click here to fill out an online Pre-K & Early Learning Center application

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Public Pre-K Categorical Eligibility Criteria

SNAP Recipient

Foster Care

Homeless

SSI

Public Pre-K Family Eligibility Income limits based on seat availability

100% FPL and Below

130% FPL

200% FPL

If you need assistance with the application process you may attend an

School Year 2025-2026
Students must be four years old, and reside in the school district of the school they plan to attend to enroll in pre-kindergarten.

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Parents must provide the following documents with the application:

** A birth certificate verifying the child is four years old on or before September 30, 2024 for the 24-25 school year or September 30, 2025 for the 25-26 school year.

** A social security card issued in the child’s name

** A current and up-to-date immunization record in the child’s name

** Driver’s license/Photo ID of parent or guardian (and custody papers if applicable)

** Proof of residency in the school district Click here to see a list of acceptable documents.

** Proof of income for each adult in the household Click here to see a list of acceptable documents.

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY NETWORK

As directed by Louisiana’s Early Childhood Education Act, Beauregard Parish has worked together to create a unified system of high quality, publicly-funded options to families to ensure more children enter school kindergarten ready. This network is a local early childhood community network that includes every public Pre-Kindergarten and Early Learning Centers within the parish.

The state coordinates these community networks by designating a Lead Agency for each community to coordinate essential activities, specifically observations and enrollment. The Lead Agency also serves as fiscal agent.

  • conduct administrative functions for the community network
  • coordinate CLASS observations assuring that accurate observations are conducted for all Infant, Toddler, and Pre-K classrooms and that feedback is provided to all programs
  • coordinate the birth-to-age-five enrollment and the state funding application for the community network

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Our network has been rated 

HIGH PROFICIENT 
for overall measures of classroom quality

by the Louisiana Department of Education

 

Click Here to see our brochure

Please Click Here to review our funding request for the 2025-2026 school year.
Each year, Beauregard Early Childhood Network applies for funding of certain early childhood programs through a Coordinated Funding Request. As the lead agency for Beauregard Early Childhood Network, Beauregard Parish School Board is required to provide an opportunity for each publicly-funded early childhood program in the community and the general public in the coverage area to comment on the proposed funding request being submitted to the Louisiana Department of Education.

 

Head Start Kids

Resources:

Click hereto learn about milestones of your child’s development.

Click hereto sign up for free tips for busy parents.

Click here for tips to build pre-k readers.

Click Here for Resource Directory. 

Click Here  for Parents of Students with Disabilities.

Child Find Number: 337-463-4564

Click Here  for Find School Link.

Click Here  for SNAP Benefits.

 

                                                   Early Childhood                   

                                                                     Jane Hamilton

                                                       Early Childhood Coordinator

 

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                                       Kaitlyn Baggett

                              Early Childhood Secretary